Department of Labor: Annual04

KANSAS
DEPARTMENT
OF LABOR
30th Annual Report
2004 Fiscal Year
Division of
Workers Compensation
KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Division of Workers Compensation

30th Annual Statistical Report
Fiscal Year 2004
January 2005
Jim Garner, Secretary of Labor

Paula S. Greathouse, Director of Workers Compensation
For More Information Contact:

Technology and Statistics Unit
David Sprick
800 SW Jackson Street, Suite 600
Topeka, KS 66612-1227
(785) 296-4120 ext. 208
david.sprick@dol.ks.gov
Kansas Division of Workers Compensation Annual Statistical Report 2004
MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY OF LABOR

Since beginning my service with the Department of Labor, I have been pleased to be involved in
many different projects and activities to ensure the Department of Labor fulfills its mission to
enhance the economic well-being of all Kansans through responsive workforce services.
This annual report contains information on the Workers Compensation Division’s operations by
section for the past fiscal year, tables of data on the incidence of workplace injuries and illnesses,
insurance industry premiums and losses for Kansas, fraud and abuse activity, and revenue and
operating expenditures for the Kansas Workers Compensation Fund. The annual report also
contains the results of a major statistical study on Kansas Workers Compensation claims that
closed out in 2003.
In Fiscal Year 2004, the Division processed 15,566 applications for hearings, and 5,918
employer elections. The Business section issued 234 self-insurance permits to employers,
including 37 to new applicants. The Compliance section established more than 3,500 employer
contacts. This year, the Fraud and Abuse Unit collected $80,595.05 in restitution and civil
penalties. The Fraud and Abuse Unit has stepped up prosecution of workers compensation fraud
violators. The Industrial Safety and Health section conducted over 1,400 consultations and 620
audits to assist employers in creating safer work environments for Kansas workers, and the
Boiler Safety unit conducted nearly 12,000 (3,320 state, 8,626 insurance) inspections. In
addition, the Ombudsman section provided information upon request to 27,502 parties during the
fiscal year. The Research section responded to over 35,000 requests for workers compensation
histories.
The Technology and Statistics section, along with the KDOL Information Services Division,
implemented Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), a system to allow electronic reporting of initial
injuries and follow-up reports by insurers. In the months following its launch, EDI has been well
received by Kansas employers and insurers, even exceeding our own expectations. By mid-
February of last year, we exceeded our goal for EDI participation for the entire year. In FY2004,
about one-third of all accident reports were filed electronically.
The Division hosted three seminars on workers compensation and industrial safety topics during
Fiscal Year 2004 which were a great success both in educational opportunities and professional
interaction.
I thank all of the employees of the Division of Workers Compensation for the hard work and
dedication to public service that they exhibit on a daily basis. The Division remains committed to
enhancing the efficient delivery of services to the people and businesses of Kansas.
Sincerely,
Jim Garner, Secretary of Labor
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INTRODUCTION
The Kansas Legislature enacted the state’s first law governing workers compensation, as a no-
fault system, more than nine decades ago in 1911. Although many significant changes to its
provisions have been made since then, the basic premise and purpose of that law have remained
much the same. The premise is that those injured in industrial accidents should be compensated
regardless of who is at fault. The purpose is to provide protection to the injured employee
through employer safety efforts, medical treatment and partial compensation for lost income.1
Until 1939, the responsibility for administering the workers compensation law resided with a
"workmen's compensation commissioner" whose authority extended from a series of public
commissions to whom the position reported, including the Public Safety Commission in the
1920s and the Commission of Labor and Industry in the 1930s. In 1939, the Kansas Legislature
created, and transferred jurisdiction over workers compensation to, a stand-alone agency named
the Office of the Workmen’s Compensation Commissioner. In 1961, the legislature reorganized
the office again, into the Office of the Director of Workers Compensation. This office
subsequently became a division under the Department of Labor. Today's Division of Workers
Compensation, while having grown and undergone considerable organizational changes, is
essentially the same agency created in 1939.
The current workers compensation law covers all employers in Kansas, regardless of the number
of employees or the kind of work they do, with two exceptions: employers engaged in
agricultural pursuits and any employer who during a given calendar year has an estimated payroll
less than $20,000 for that year, unless the employer is a subcontractor. The State of Kansas pays
no workers compensation benefits to injured workers unless they are state employees. Private
employers pay all benefits owed to their injured workers, either directly from the employer's own
resources or indirectly through another party. While most covered employers obtain insurance
from private carriers or group pools, provisions in the law establish criteria for certain employers
to become self-insured. Potentially eligible employers must apply for approval from the Director
of Workers Compensation. Criteria include continuous operation for at least five years, a
minimum level of after-tax earnings and a minimum debt/equity ratio. The Kansas Insurance
Department approves the formation of group-funded self-insurance pools and determines
whether an employer qualifies for membership in a pool.
1
Madison v. Key Work Clothes, 182 Kan. 186, 192, 318 P. 2d 991 (1957).
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BENEFITS INFORMATION
COMPENSATION
Kansas’ workers compensation law requires that an employer or its insurance carrier pay an
injured employee two-thirds of the employee's gross average weekly wage up to the amount of
the applicable maximum benefits listed below. To find the appropriate maximum, look for the
range of dates that contain the date of injury and then go to the right to find the maximum dollar
amount of the benefit. For example, if the date of injury was August 21, 1994, the maximum
weekly benefit one could receive would be $319. The actual amount one receives is the lesser of
two amounts: either two-thirds of one’s gross average weekly wage or the maximum in effect at
the date of the injury. This effective maximum does not change over the life of one’s claim, even
though the maximum benefit level for each new 12-month interval usually increases by a small
amount.
Maximum Compensation Schedule
Date of Injury Maximum Benefit
July 1, 1994-June 30, 1995 $319

July 1, 1995-June 30, 1996 $326
July 1, 1996-June 30, 1997 $338
July 1, 1997-June 30, 1998 $351
July 1, 1998-June 30, 1999 $366
July 1, 1999-June 30, 2000 $383
July 1, 2000-June 30, 2001 $401
July 1, 2001-June 30, 2002 $417
July 1, 2002-June 30, 2003 $432
July 1, 2003-June 30, 2004 $440
July 1, 2004-June 30, 2005 $449
Current Weekly Minimum: $25
MEDICAL
A person injured on the job is entitled to all medical treatment that may be needed to cure or
relieve the effects of the injury. Under the law, the employer has the right to choose the treating
physician. If the worker seeks treatment from a doctor not authorized or agreed upon by the
employer, the insurance company is only liable up to $500 toward such medical bills. The
employee does have the right to apply to the Director of Workers Compensation for a change of
doctor. An injured worker is generally entitled to mileage reimbursement for trips to see a
physician for distances in excess of five miles for the round trip. The injured worker generally
also can obtain reimbursement if transportation must be hired. Weekly compensation is payable
at the above applicable rate for the duration of the disability. In no case can such payments
exceed a total of $125,000 for permanent total or $100,000 for permanent partial or temporary
disability.
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BENEFITS INFORMATION
CATEGORIES OF DISABILITY COMPENSATION BENEFITS
Temporary Total Disability is paid when the employee, due to an injury, is unable to engage in
any type of substantial and gainful employment. Benefits are paid for the duration of the
disability.
Permanent Total Disability is paid when the employee, due to an injury, has been rendered
completely and permanently incapable of engaging in any type of substantial and gainful
employment. The loss of both eyes, both hands, both arms, both feet or both legs, and any
combination thereof, in the absence of proof to the contrary, shall also constitute a permanent
total disability. Substantially total paralysis, or incurable imbecility or insanity, resulting from
injury independent of all other causes, shall also constitute permanent total disability.
Permanent Partial Scheduled Disability is paid when the employee sustains complete or
partial loss of use of a body part, such as an arm, due to a job-related injury. Compensation is
limited to a percentage of the scheduled number of weeks.
Permanent Partial General Disability is paid when the employee sustains permanent partial
disability not specifically covered by the schedule. Compensation is based on the percentage of
disability remaining after recovery and is limited to 415 weeks.
Survivors' Benefits of $250,000 are paid to an employee's surviving spouse and dependent
children if death occurs as a result of injury. If there is no surviving spouse or dependents, the
legal heirs are entitled to $25,000. Burial expenses up to $5,000 also are covered.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This 30th Annual Statistical Report would not have been possible without the dedication and
resourcefulness of the following people and organizations:

Jim Garner, Secretary
John Polzar, Special Assistant to the Secretary

Paula S. Greathouse, Director
Lana Nichol, Legal Assistant to the Director
Richard Thomas, Administrator, Public Resources Section
Alan Stanton, Research Analyst and contributing author
Linda Nott, Research Analyst
David Sprick, Research Analyst and contributing author
Robert O’Loughlin, Analyst Intern and contributing author
Andrew Bell, Research Analyst and data administrator of the Closed Claims Study
Georgia Rogers, Program Consultant
Fraud and Abuse Unit
Kelly McPherron, Assistant Attorney General
Jimmy Huff, Investigator
Cover designed by:

Connie Hammond, KDOL Division of Building and Office Services
Editing and Marketing:

Sue Henke, KDOL Division of Marketing and Communications
Beth Martino, Director, KDOL Division of Marketing and Communications
KANSAS INSURANCE DEPARTMENT
Insurance Experience and Workers Compensation Fund Tables furnished by:

Sabrina Wells, Comptroller
Dick Cook
WASHBURN UNIVERSITY
Statistical Consultation:
Dr. Ron Wasserstein, Professor of Statistics
Special thanks are due to the carriers, group pools and self-insured entities that were asked to
participate in the call for data that allowed the division to include an analysis of closed claims in
Kansas in Section 3.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION ONE: Administrative Profile of the Division of Workers Compensation ......................... 10
Organizational Chart FY 2004....................................................................................................... 11
Business, Accounting and Self-Insured ......................................................................................... 12
Coverage and Compliance ............................................................................................................. 13
Data Entry and Verification ........................................................................................................... 13
Technology and Statistics .............................................................................................................. 14
Workers Compensation Appeals Board......................................................................................... 15
Judicial ........................................................................................................................................... 16
Mediation ....................................................................................................................................... 17
Medical Services............................................................................................................................ 18
Fraud and Abuse ............................................................................................................................ 18
Ombudsman ................................................................................................................................... 19
Seminars Planning ......................................................................................................................... 20
Applications ................................................................................................................................... 21
Research......................................................................................................................................... 22
Data Collection ............................................................................................................................. 23
Rehabilitation................................................................................................................................. 23
Industrial Safety and Health........................................................................................................... 24
Boiler Safety .................................................................................................................................. 25
Industrial Safety ............................................................................................................................. 26
Industrial Hygiene.......................................................................................................................... 27
Federal/State Data Operations ....................................................................................................... 28
SECTION TWO: Incidence of Workplace Injury and Illness in Kansas ............................................ 29

Occupational Injuries and Illnesses in Kansas ............................................................................... 30
Kansas Occupational Injury and Illness Incidence Rates .............................................................. 37
SECTION THREE: Workers Compensation Claims Statistics............................................................ 90

The Kansas Workers Compensation Fund..................................................................................... 91
Workers Compensation Insurance Experience .............................................................................. 92
The Kansas Closed Claims Study (CCS)....................................................................................... 93
The 2004 Closed Claims Study (CCS) .......................................................................................... 94
A Comparative Analysis of 1999-2004 CCS Claim Costs and Characteristics........................... 107
SECTION FOUR: Workers Compensation Fraud and Abuse........................................................... 115

Introduction.................................................................................................................................. 116
Referrals....................................................................................................................................... 116
Investigations ............................................................................................................................... 117
Prosecution................................................................................................................................... 118
Collections ................................................................................................................................... 118
Conclusion ................................................................................................................................... 119
APPENDIX A: Technical Notes............................................................................................................. 120

Occupational Injury and Illness Incidence Rates ......................................................................... 121
Kansas Closed Claims Study (CCS) Methodology...................................................................... 122
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LISTS OF TABLES, CHARTS, and FIGURES

TABLES
SECTION ONE
1-1 Assessments Collected During Calendar Year 2003 ....................................................................... 12
1-2 Self-Insurance Summary ................................................................................................................. 12
1-3 FY2004 Administrative Law Judges’ Case Report ........................................................................ 16
1-4 FY2000-FY2004 Ombudsman Contacts ......................................................................................... 19
1-5 FY2004 Requests for Information from the Research Section........................................................ 22
1-6 Boiler Safety Unit FY 2004 Activities ............................................................................................ 25
1-7 Industrial Safety Unit FY 2004 Activities ....................................................................................... 26
1-8 Industrial Hygiene Unit FY 2004 Activities.................................................................................... 27
1-9 Federal/State Data Operations Unit FY 2004 Activities ................................................................. 28
SECTION TWO
2-1 Kansas Total Occupational Injuries and Illnesses by Severity FY 1995-FY 2004.......................... 31
2-2 Counties Reporting Greatest Number of Total Injuries and Illnesses FY 2004 .............................. 32
2-3 Most Frequent Source Reported in Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (by Total Inj/Ill) FY 2004 ...... 33
2-4 Most Frequent Causes of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (by Total Inj/Ill) FY 2004 .............. 33
2-5 Most Frequent Nature Reported in Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (by Total Inj/Ill) FY 2004 ...... 34
2-6 Most Frequent Body Member Reported in Occupational Injuries and Illnesses
(by Total Inj/Ill) FY 2004 ................................................................................................................ 35
2-7 Industries (SIC) with Greatest Number of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses FY 2004............... 36
2-8 Industries (NAICS) with Greatest Number of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses FY 2004 ......... 36
2-9 Occupational Injuries and Illnesses by Age FY 2004...................................................................... 37
2-10 Kansas Non-Fatal Occupational Injury and Illness Rate FY 1995-FY 2004................................... 40
2-11 BLS Survey of Kansas Private Sector Occupational Injury and Illness Incidence Rate 1995-2003 ...... 42
2-12 Kansas Non-Fatal Occupational Injury and Illness Rate by NAICS Division FY 2003-FY 2004 .. 44
2-13 Location (County) of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses by Severity FY 2004 ............................ 45
2-14 Source of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses by Severity FY 2004............................................... 48
2-15 Cause of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses by Severity FY 2004................................................ 50
2-16 Nature of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses by Severity FY 2004............................................... 52
2-17 Body Member Reported in Occupational Injuries and Illnesses by Severity FY 2004 ................... 54
2-18 Industries (SIC) Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses by Severity FY 2004 ................... 56
2-19 Industries (NAICS) Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses by Severity FY 2004.............. 74
SECTION THREE
3-1 Workers Compensation Fund Case Load Scheduled....................................................................... 91
3-2 Workers Compensation Fund Expenditure Analysis....................................................................... 91
3-3 Workers Compensation Fund Receipts Analysis............................................................................. 92
3-4 Workers Compensation Insurance Experience ................................................................................ 93
3-5 2004 Closed Claim Time Intervals .................................................................................................. 95
3-6 2004 Closed Claims Percentage of Impairment .............................................................................. 96
3-7 2004 Closed Claims Attorney Involvement with Claim.................................................................. 96
3-8 2004 Closed Claims Legal Expenses Associated with Claim ......................................................... 97
3-9 2004 Closed Claims Average Wage and Indemnity by Employer Payroll...................................... 97
3-10 2004 CCS: Workers Compensation Claims in Kansas .................................................................. 111
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LISTS OF TABLES, CHARTS, and FIGURES

TABLES Continued
SECTION THREE
3-16 CCS Total Costs for Claims 1999-2004 ........................................................................................ 114
SECTION FOUR
4-1 Number of Fraud, Abuse and Compliance Cases Reported .......................................................... 117
4-2 Number of Cases ........................................................................................................................... 118
4-3 Fraud, Abuse and Compliance Collections.................................................................................... 118
CHARTS
SECTION TWO
2-1 Kansas Rate of Occupational Injury and Illness per 100 FTE by Severity FY 1995-2004 ............. 40
SECTION THREE
3-1 Distribution of Claimants by Age: CCS 2004 ................................................................................. 99
3-2 Average Claim Costs by Age of Claimant: CCS 2004 .................................................................... 99
3-3 Average Claim Costs by Gender of Claimant: CCS 2004............................................................. 100
3-4 Most Frequent Causes of Injury: CCS 2004.................................................................................. 100
3-5 Average Claim Costs for the Most Frequent Causes of Injury: CCS 2004 ................................... 101
3-6 Most Frequently Reported Nature of Claimant Injury: CCS 2004 ................................................ 101
3-7 Average Claim Costs for Most Frequently Reported Nature of Claimant Injury: CCS 2004 ....... 102
3-8 Most Frequent Major Body Region Injured by Claimant: CCS 2004 ........................................... 102
3-9 Average Claim Costs by Major Body Region Injured by Claimant: CCS 2004............................ 103
3-10 Most Frequent Scheduled Body Part Claims: CCS 2004 .............................................................. 103
3-11 Average Claim Costs for Most Frequent Scheduled Body Part Claims: CCS 2004...................... 104
3-12 Most Frequent Unscheduled Body Part Claims: CCS 2004 .......................................................... 104
3-13 Average Claim Costs for the Most Frequent Unscheduled Body Parts: CCS 2004 ...................... 105
3-14 Most Frequent Benefit Type of Claimant: CCS 2004 ................................................................... 105
3-15 Average Indemnity Costs by Benefit Type: CCS 2004 ................................................................. 106
3-16 Claim Costs for Carpal Tunnel and All Other Cumulative Injuries: CCS 2004............................ 106
3-17 Average Total Indemnity and Medical Claim Costs in Kansas 1999-2004................................... 110
3-18 Average Temporal Characteristics of Claims in Kansas 1999-2004 ............................................. 111
FIGURES
SECTION ONE
1-1 Organizational Chart Kansas Department of Labor Division of Workers Compensation
FY2004 ............................................................................................................................................ 11
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Section 1
Administrative Profile of the Kansas Division
of Workers Compensation
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Figure 1-1
Organizational Chart
Kansas Department of Labor
FY 2004
Secretary of
Labor
Director of Workers
Compensation
Public Resources Operations Legal Industrial Safety &

Section Section Section Health Section
Ombudsman & Coverage & Compliance Judicial Boiler Safety

Rehabilitation Unit Unit Unit Unit
Seminars Planning Data Entry Workers Compensation Industrial Hygiene

Unit Unit Board Unit
Applications Technology & Statistics Mediation Industrial Safety

Unit Unit Unit Unit
Research Business, Accounting & Fraud & Abuse Federal/State

Unit Self-Insured Unit Unit Operations Unit
Data Collection Verification Medical Services Special Activities

Unit Unit Unit Unit
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OPERATIONS SECTION
Business, Accounting and Self-Insured Unit

The Workers Compensation Business and Accounting/Self-Insured unit is responsible for
administering the State Self-Insurance program and for granting the privilege to insure to
employers that meet an extensive company and financial review. Self-insurance is one of the
three methods that an employer may use to insure his or her workers compensation liability.
Only those companies that demonstrate adequate financial stability are approved to
independently assume the responsibilities of workers compensation law. There are currently 234
employers in Kansas that are approved for self-insurance, pursuant to KSA 44-532 and KAR 51-
14-4.
The unit’s responsibility also entails the assessment of fees to pay for the expenses necessary to
administer the workers compensation law by the Division of Workers Compensation. The
Business and Accounting/Self-Insured unit also manages all assessment accounting,
mathematical calculations, data accumulation and storage, voucher preparation and fee fund
deposits.
Other important unit functions include ordering and accounting for equipment and supplies for
the Division of Workers Compensation. The unit also sells the Workers Compensation Law
Book and the Medical Fee Schedule. In addition, the Unit prepares the annual Division Fiscal
Year Budget.
Table 1-1
Assessments Collected
Description Amount Collected
Reported losses paid in calendar year 2002 $416,144,933
Current assessment factor 0.0249
Assessments collected during calendar year 2003 $10,408,916
Number of carriers and self-insurers reporting 967
Source: Kansas Division of Workers Compensation
Table 1-2
Self-Insurance Summary
Activity FY 04 FY 03 FY 02 FY 01 FY 00 FY 99
Employers' New Applications
Approved 37 17 31 27 21 13
Canceled Permits 47 30 24 17 14 18
Qualified Employers 234 244 257 250 240 243
Group-Funded Pools in Force 15 15 15 15 15 15

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OPERATIONS SECTION
Coverage and Compliance Unit

The Coverage and Compliance unit’s responsibilities have increased over the past fiscal year. A decision
was made to add the following functions to this unit: Verification, Elections and Carrier/Employer
Research. Units that already existed as a part of the Coverage and Compliance unit include Data Entry
and Accident Reporting.
Currently the unit has a staff of 12, with three individuals in the Compliance unit. Two individuals are
working in Verification and Carrier/Employer Research. One employee is working in each of the
following units: Elections, Data Entry and Accident Reporting. The unit also has a floater who is well-
versed in all aspects of the Coverage and Compliance unit and is assigned to various units as needed.
The Compliance unit ensures that all businesses in Kansas are in compliance with and are aware of their
responsibilities regarding the Workers Compensation Act. The unit administers and enforces mandated
proof of coverage and compliance. The other units ensure that all accident reports are received and
accurate, with regard to the reporting requirements of the first report of injury. Each unit has specific
duties designed to ensure the accuracy of the first report of injury. The units work closely with the other
units, and with Compliance when necessary.
In FY 2004, the accomplishments in the Compliance unit consisted of 3,544 contacts to businesses that
might have been noncompliant. Of those businesses, 68 were referred to the Fraud unit for further
investigation and possible prosecution. Three hundred ninety-three businesses had to obtain coverage and
1,542 businesses had to provide a certificate of insurance.
The goal this coming year within the Compliance unit is to continually work with the division’s coverage
data collection organization (National Council on Compensation Insurance or NCCI) to enhance the
current proof of coverage delivery method. Additionally, the unit will work with the data transfer of
policy data from NCCI to the division in a national standard format. When this data transfer program is in
place, then the unit will work with both NCCI and Contributions in cross matching both records for
expediency of finding the noncompliant business owner.
Data Entry and Verification Units

The Data Entry unit ensures that all accident reports received are accurately coded and keyed into the
Web-based database system in a timely fashion. Specifically, they code and manually enter paper First
Report of Occupational Injury reports submitted to the division. The codes provide information such as
body part, cause, nature and source of the injury. Carrier and employer information also is gathered from
filed accident reports. The reports entered generate labels for letters to the injured workers, answering
questions about benefits and procedures. Statistics for the annual statistical report are made available from
the information on the accident reports.
The Verification unit confirms reported Social Security numbers with the Social Security Administration
submitted on first reports of occupational new and existing claimants. In addition it updates names and
addresses for existing claimants in the database.
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OPERATIONS SECTION

The Technology and Statistics unit is responsible for delivering workers compensation
information to the department, the legislature and the general public through the following: an
annual statistical report, a Web site and reports from research studies and evaluations. This unit
is intimately involved with the division’s information systems, or a system that processes
information by performing six types of operations: capturing, transmitting, storing, retrieving,
manipulating and the displaying of information.2 The Information Services division of the
Department of Labor still maintains and manages the Workers Compensation’s information
technology artifacts. Specifically, the unit is responsible for research studies mandated by statute,
including studies of closed claims and the effectiveness of the Workers Compensation Act. The
staff collects data as needed or requested, as well as conducts survey instrument research design,
data collection, statistical analysis and reporting. The staff responds to individual research
requests from both internal and external customers.
The Technology and Statistics unit also maintains several data marts (small data warehouses) of
workers compensation claims information on work-related accidents in the state of Kansas. Unit
staff work extensively with the Information Services division of the Department of Labor to
resolve the division’s operational database implementation issues and continue to maintain and
enhance the database to insure data integrity and accuracy for both the division's administrative
and statistical needs. In addition, the Technology and Statistics unit manages all content for the
Division's Web pages located on the Department of Labor Web site.
Finally, the unit administers the division’s statutory Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) program,
an electronic method for insurance carriers and self-insured employers to report occupational
injury and workers compensation claims costs data by utilizing the International Association of
Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions’ (IAIABC) national standard. The program went
into production in November 2003. By the close of fiscal year 2004, more than 30 trading
partners, on behalf of nearly 200 insurance carriers and self-insured employers, were sending
EDI first and second reports of injury reports to the division. By February 2004 the weekly
volume of EDI first reports of injury constituted 35 percent of the total number of accident
reports filed with the division (total includes paper and EDI reports). This benchmark was met by
the division nearly nine months ahead of the targeted first year production goal.
2
This definition of information systems is taken from Steven Alter, “A General, Yet Useful Theory of Information
Systems,” Communication of the Association for Information Systems 1 (March, 1999): 28.
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LEGAL SECTION
Workers Compensation Appeals Board

The Workers Compensation Appeals Board was established in 1993 to provide de novo review
of administrative law judges’ decisions from final orders or awards and certain issues in
preliminary hearing orders. Hoping to obtain more uniform decisions for injured workers
throughout the State, the legislature created the Appeals Board to replace the role of the State’s
district court judges in the appeals process.
During fiscal year 2004, the Appeals Board issued 565 decisions. The board received 622
applications for review during that period and had a total of 661 dispositions (which include
dismissals and settlements). On July 1, 2004, the Department of Human Resources’ Web site
was reconstructed because of the name change to “Department of Labor.” The board’s new
website address is: http://www.dol.ks.gov/wcboard/wcappeal_RES.html.
The database is continually refined to meet the needs of the Appeals Board, the support staff and
the Workers Compensation division. It also is being refined for public dissemination of
information regarding the status of appeals cases.
The objective of the Appeals Board is to provide a fair and efficient appeals process within the
framework of the Kansas Workers Compensation Act, applicable case law and administrative
regulations.
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LEGAL SECTION
Judicial Unit
The Judicial unit’s primary functions are to hold hearings and issue decisions and awards in
contested workers compensation claims. Administrative Law Judges must meet the timelines for
prehearing settlement conferences, preliminary hearings and regular hearings set by statute as
well as the timelines for awards and written decisions.
The Judicial unit’s accomplishments for the previous year include effectively managing
significant caseloads with a large number of preliminary, regular and post-award hearings;
monthly phone conferences to provide peer support and manage issues effectively to accomplish
the primary functions of the section in a uniform fashion; and continued technical and
management training for the administrative law judges.
Objectives for the Judicial unit include continue providing additional training for the
administrative law judges and their staff in technical, managerial and professional skills and
increasing educational opportunities for the public as well as the administrative law judges.
Table 1-3
FY2004 Administrative Law Judges' Case Report
Preliminary Regular Settlement
Cases Hearing Hearing Hearing
MONTH Assigned Reassigned Submitted Held Held Held
JULY 616 61 30 155 92 18
AUGUST 489 72 28 185 72 17
SEPTEMBER 564 49 27 140 62 32
OCTOBER 531 85 35 194 95 20
NOVEMBER 519 56 57 124 60 20
DECEMBER 482 61 37 134 69 23
JANUARY 501 60 42 187 69 20
FEBRUARY 474 66 41 155 82 10
MARCH 584 71 56 165 78 20
APRIL 518 82 53 157 77 12
MAY 503 77 38 119 85 16
JUNE 456 84 71 148 85 6
TOTALS 6,237 824 515 1,863 926 214
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LEGAL SECTION
Judicial Unit
Table 1-3 Continued

FY2004 Administrative Law Judges' Case
Report
Motion Agreed Post-Stlmt
MONTH Hearing Awards Awards Conf.Held Inactive
JULY 23 46 37 346 237
AUGUST 30 42 43 397 249
SEPTEMBER 33 32 44 326 454
OCTOBER 17 41 42 405 276
NOVEMBER 31 40 43 375 280
DECEMBER 22 55 48 335 290
JANUARY 28 39 31 346 316
FEBRUARY 19 31 45 324 355
MARCH 19 59 53 399 316
APRIL 25 30 40 375 324
MAY 30 28 29 293 539
JUNE 32 43 37 394 336
TOTALS 309 486 492 4,315 3,972
Mediation Unit
The Mediation unit provides parties a means of resolving disputes in an informal and non-
adversarial atmosphere. The objectives of the unit are threefold: educate the public on the
benefits of using mediation as a means of resolving disputes, increase utilization of the mediation
process and provide cost savings to the workers compensation system by reducing the number of
issues being litigated. It assists, through a variety of mechanisms such as a mediation conference,
both claimants and respondents in a timely manner − within seven days or as requested by the
parties. In addition, the Mediation unit provides educational training to insurance carriers on the
benefits of utilizing the mediation process as a means of resolving disputes associated with
workers compensation claims.
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LEGAL SECTION
Medical Services Unit

The Medical Services unit has the responsibility to provide both administrative and
developmental services for the medical fee schedule. Additionally, Medical Services administers
utilization and peer review programs and acts as a liaison for all parties involved in health care-
related workers compensation issues. In addition, Medical Services works closely with the
Kansas Department of Health and Environment to assure that payments to health care providers
remain current, reasonable and fair.
The current version of the Kansas Workers Compensation Schedule of Medical Fees was
implemented December 1, 2003. A new revision is required by law, due by approximately
December 2005. It is likely that the next revision will be refined to incorporate modifications of
a Resource Based Relative Value System (RBRVS) in order to enhance reimbursement validity.
Fraud and Abuse Unit

The Worker Compensation Fraud and Abuse Investigation unit was established in 1993. The unit
is staffed with three investigators, an Administrative Specialist and an Assistant Attorney
General, who supervises the unit. The unit’s responsibilities include identifying potential fraud
and abuse in the workers compensation arena by investigating allegations of violations of the
workers compensation regulations and laws that are referred to or developed by the unit, as
stated in K.S.A. 44-5, 120 and K.S.A. 4-5, 125. Provable violations may be taken before a
hearing officer in a civil action, or may be presented to local county or district attorneys for
criminal prosecution. Since 1994, the unit has investigated more than 1,578 alleged fraudulent or
abusive acts.
In the fiscal year 2004, 306 cases were initiated. Twenty-seven cases were referred for civil
action and two cases were referred for criminal prosecution. Collection for fines and assessments
totaled $80,745 for the 2004 fiscal year.
The objectives of the unit are to assure that the injured worker receives required medical
treatment and benefits in a timely manner; protect the employer, carrier and medical provider
from fraudulent acts; assure that businesses within the state are compliant by maintaining worker
compensation insurance coverage; and assure that the Workers Compensation division receives
the required documents in a timely manner.
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PUBLIC RESOURCES SECTION
Ombudsman Unit
The primary functions of the Ombudsman unit are to assist injured workers, employers and other
parties to protect their rights under the Workers Compensation Act. The unit provides technical
assistance to all parties on workers compensation issues. The unit also assists unrepresented
claimants in obtaining a hearing, mediation or appeal. The Ombudsman unit provides
presentations and training opportunities to interested parties.
The Ombudsman unit was responsible for establishing a set of protocols and guidelines for
services to employers. Specifically during fiscal year 2004, the Ombudsman unit provided a
point of contact for all parties to clarify issues and obtain information. The unit received and/or
initiated 27,502 contacts, which included general information, issues regarding reported and
unreported accidents and on-site visits to employers. The Ombudsman unit also provided
educational presentations to 1,241 individuals during fiscal year 2004, as well as increasing
public awareness of resources of presentations on workers compensation issues. Additionally, it
provided technical assistance to employers through on-site visits and training.
The objectives of the Ombudsman unit involve increasing employer contacts by providing more
training to employer groups and making more on-site visits to employers who need assistance. It
also intends to increase the unit’s ability to initiate contact with injured workers to see if
appropriate information is being received as required by statute, as well as to increase public
awareness of the availability of Ombudsman assistance in alternative dispute resolution. The unit
also seeks to increase public awareness and use of the unit’s Web site for information and
downloadable forms.
Table 1-4
FY 2000-FY 2004 Ombudsman Contacts
Category FY 01 FY 02 FY 03 FY 04 Total
Employees 13,253 14,012 13,444 12,723 41,101
Employers 3,484 4,313 4,501 4,232 10,973
Insurance Carriers 1,570 1,933 1,703 1,807 5,469
Insurance Agents 778 1,185 1,127 1,131 2,484
Attorneys 1,296 1,392 1,245 1,647 4,118
Health Care 858 1,107 1,249 1,471 2,866
Miscellaneous 3,310 4,160 3,930 4,491 9,528
Ombuds Files 4,197 N/A* N/A* N/A* 10,725
Total Contacts 28,746 28,102 27,199 27,502 87,264
*For 2002 & 2003 Ombuds File Contacts are incorporated into other categories.
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PUBLIC RESOURCE SECTION
Seminars Planning Unit

The Seminars Planning unit’s primary functions include the organization, development, and
delivery of the two workers compensation seminars and the Kansas Safety and Health
Conference. Staff provide an open forum where related topics, information and services can be
viewed and discussed among professional groups. The unit strives to produce superior programs
by working with internal/external members of the planning committees to determine timely
topics and secure the most notable speakers. In addition, staff will continue to obtain and deliver
maximum continuing educational credits in a variety of occupations for each event.
For the 2004 Wichita Workers Compensation Seminar there were 281 attendees at this two-day
event. Attendees securing continuing education credit consisted of 97 attorneys, 65 nurses and 19
case managers. An additional 17 attendees asked for proof of attendance in order to self-submit
continuing education credits in occupations KDOL did not pre-authorize. There were 30
exhibitors. For the 2004 Overland Park Workers Compensation Seminar there were 452
attendees at this two-day event. Attendees securing continuing education credits consisted of 152
attorneys, 88 nurses and 47 case managers. An additional 24 attendees asked for proof of
attendance in order to self-submit continuing education credits in occupations KDOL did not
pre-authorize. There were 49 exhibitors.
At the 2004 Kansas Safety and Health Conference there were 270 attendees at this four-day
event. Along with a variety of continuing education credits offered during the two-day
conference, this event offered six professional development classes. There were 37 inside
exhibitors and one outdoor exhibitor.
The objectives for the unit for the upcoming fiscal year the unit will engage in an active outreach
program and continue to offer the opportunity to speak “first-hand” with staff members and other
professionals in their fields. Staff will continue to provide quality events at affordable prices and
produce events which offer topics of importance to those who work in the workers compensation
and industrial safety and health fields. Finally, the unit will provide the opportunity to view the
latest products and services, deliver the maximum possible continuing education credits, and
maintain and/or increase current attendance.
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Applications Unit
The Applications unit researches applications for hearings to assure that appropriate counsel,
insurance carrier, employer and claimant are reflected in each hearing. The unit researches and
reviews cases to assure the filing of all necessary and required legal documentation have been
met. Additionally, the unit assigns judges based on a set of criteria and assigns dates for hearings
to meet statutory requirements. The Applications unit also creates a physical docket file that
reflects all required documentation pertaining to the legal claim for workers compensation for
injury and the response from both the employer and the insurance carrier. This file becomes the
official legal document upon which all present and future legal proceedings will rely for
information. The Applications unit also records and enters information into the Web-based
database and appropriate notices of hearing are sent to all parties involved with each case.
The Applications unit strives to research and process all preliminary hearing applications in three
or fewer days. The unit intends to continue to provide outstanding service to customers both
internal and external. In addition, the unit plans to continue development of plans to implement
an imaging system to process accident reports and other documents in the Workers
Compensation division.
For fiscal year 2004, the unit processed and researched 15,566 applications, 7,233 preliminary
hearing applications and 5,403 applications for a regular hearing. Assignment of an
administrative law judge was made for each case and notices were provided to all parties
involved. There were 47 applications for a surviving spouse or dependent hearing and 601 post
award medical applications filed with the Applications unit. Finally, a total of 2,282
“miscellaneous” applications were processed by the unit, include the following: all applications
for amendments, review and modifications, penalties, insolvent impleading, corrections and
returned notices.
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Research Unit
The Research unit looks into requests for information from both internal and external customers.
These customers include attorneys, judges, claimants, insurance companies and the general
public. These requests for research concern division records pertaining to past and present
workers compensation cases. The unit also verifies requests to assure that legal requirements
concerning the confidentiality of workers compensation records are met. It conducts research
through computerized and hard copy files of workers compensation histories of injured workers.
Responses are provided as appropriate and according to legal requirements.
The Research unit responded to more than 35,000 research requests from attorneys, insurance
carriers and employers for workers compensation claimant histories during fiscal year 2004. It
plans to keep turnaround time for research requests to within four days. The Research unit also
intends to continue to provide outstanding service to customers inside and outside of the Division
of Workers Compensation.
Table 1-5
FY 2004 Requests for Information from the Research Unit
Kansas
Insurance Walk- Social Insu.
Month Attorneys Company ins Security Employer Dept. Misc. Total
2003
July 765 310 0 4 1,647 1 69 2,796
August 734 291 0 7 1,750 14 54 2,850
September 699 323 0 3 1,666 2 45 2,738
October 779 364 0 1 1,630 0 62 2,836
November 657 289 0 4 1,087 0 39 2,076
December 661 314 0 7 1,315 0 43 2,340
2004
January 723 271 0 8 1,597 6 40 2,645
February 684 314 0 9 1,603 0 83 2,693
March 718 396 0 6 2,016 6 101 3,243
April 694 354 0 15 1,897 0 62 3,022
May 636 345 0 5 2,309 0 75 3,370
June 687 407 0 1166 2,093 0 86 4,439
Total
Requests For
Year 8,437 3,978 0 1235 20,610 29 759 35,048
Average
Requests Per
Day 33.61 15.85 0 4.92 82.11 0.12 3.02 139.63
Total Working Days in the year: 251
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Data Collection Unit

The Data Collection unit reviews, researches and computes, according to state workers
compensation laws and regulations, awards settlements and final receipt and releases of liability,
data of amounts paid for temporary, total and permanent partial disability, attorney fees and
medical costs. The unit also provides a cross check for administrative law judges’ awards in
workers compensation cases based on legislatively set schedules for reimbursement of medical
and attorney fees, along with monetary awards for permanent disabilities. Information researched
and computed by the unit is used to produce annual statistical reports mandated by Kansas State
law. Additionally, the Data Collection unit prepares and certifies all documentation for cases
which are being heard by the Court of Appeals.
The Data Collection unit collected information on dollar amounts, type of payments made, body
parts being compensated, percentages of disability rating and attorney fees during the fiscal year
of 2004. The unit also collected court reporter fee information.
Rehabilitation Unit
The Rehabilitation unit has responsibility for coordinating vocational rehabilitation services for
injured workers when the insurance company/employer elects to provide services. This unit also
reviews medical management closures to determine the need for referral to other vocational
programs and services when the insurance company/employer elects not to provide services.
Monitoring and providing technical assistance for both public and private vocational
rehabilitation providers is also part of the responsibilities of this unit.
In FY 2004, the Rehabilitation unit provided oversight for 48 referrals to qualified private sector
vocational rehabilitation vendors. Rehabilitation plans were developed for thirty individuals,
with twenty-one receiving job placement services and four in training programs. Eleven injured
workers were employed at time of closure or service completion. The unit received 882 medical
management referrals. Qualified rehabilitation vendors returned 398 injured workers to their
employer (at time of injury) through individualized services. The unit reviewed 1,021 medical
management closure reports to determine those in need of vocational rehabilitation or
community services. In addition, 276 injured workers were notified of vocational options
available through the private and/or public sector vocational services. At the end of FY 2004,
thirty referred workers were involved with Kansas Rehabilitation Services and out-of-state
vocational rehabilitation agencies, with 12 currently in a vocational rehabilitation plan.
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INDUSTRIAL SAFETY & HEALTH SECTION

The Industrial Safety and Health Section within the Division of Workers Compensation is
managed by an administrator holding dual certifications in safety and industrial hygiene. Five
program responsibilities are divided among four units—Boiler Safety, Industrial Safety,
Industrial Hygiene and Federal/State Data Operations. These units provide services under the
following programs:
The Kansas 21(d) Consultation Project provides safety and health services through a
federal grant to private sector employers.
The Public Sector Compliance program monitors the public sector (cities, counties,
state agencies, school districts, etc.) by performing compliance audits under KSA 44-636.
The Accident Prevention program evaluates insurance companies to ensure that safety
and health services are being provided to those insured as required by KSA 44-5,104.
Insurance company and employer records are reviewed annually to assess the quality and
quantity of safety services provided in Kansas. An annual report is completed each year
and forwarded to the State Insurance Commissioner.
Boiler Safety Inspection and Certification is a fee funded program under KSA 44-913
et seq.
The Kansas Annual Safety and Health Conference is managed with assistance from a
committee that brings state regulators and safety directors from private industry, the
public sector and academia together to plan and organize a safety conference for Kansas.
The conference is self-supporting and seeks to address the relevant safety issues in a
variety of workshops and presentations.
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Boiler Safety Unit

The Boiler Safety unit, functioning entirely under KSA 44-913 et seq. as a fee funded program,
inspects and certifies all boilers and new pressure vessel installations in Kansas. Regular and
special inspections are performed by licensed inspectors who also monitor manufacturers and
repair firms. All active boilers are certificated. A special licensing program is managed for
insurance company inspectors which includes training and registration. All inspectors must have
a certificate from the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors (NBPPVI). The
unit plans and staffs a track at the Annual Safety & Health Conference. The Chief Boiler
Inspector, who serves as the jurisdictional representative for the NBPPVI, oversees a staff of four
deputies and three clerks. Income for the year totaled $458,665. Per statute, 20 percent of
inspection fees, or $30,580, went to the state General Fund.
Table 1-6
Boiler Safety Unit FY2004 Activities
State Insurance
Unit Activity Inspections Inspections Totals
Inspections 3,320 8,626 11,946
Deficiencies 1,393 837 2,230
Certificates 2,904 7,642 10,546
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Industrial Safety Unit

The Industrial Safety unit provides safety guidance in identifying and abating physical hazards
(including ergonomics) in the workplace. The unit functions in four different program areas —
Kansas 21(d) Consultation, Public Sector Enforcement, Accident Prevention and Annual Safety
and Health Conference. Consultations in private companies parallel public sector enforcement
inspections. Inspections require abatement of all hazards which are found. A supervisor and 10
highly trained consultants identify hazards and assess safety program elements in workplaces
throughout the state. Appropriate national consensus standards are cited and an abatement
recommendation is made. Accident prevention data is gathered for both inspections and
consultations. Training is provided on and off site, in special presentations, through 10-hour
courses with OSHA and authorized instructors at the Annual Safety and Health Conference.
Table 1-7
Industrial Safety Unit FY 2004 Activities
Category of
Activity Type of Activity Total
21(d) Consultation Initial Visits 1,261
Follow-up Visits 273
Serious Hazards 4,377
Other-than- 1,258
serious
Training Sessions 55
Public Sector Agencies 105
Enforcement Inspected
Site Inspections 525
Employees 5,578
Hazards 989
Complaints 4
Addressed
Ergonomic 22
Complaints
Ergonomics Site 32
Assessments
Employees 717
Hazards 79
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Industrial Hygiene Unit

The Industrial Hygiene unit functions in the same program areas as the Industrial Safety unit,
emphasizing the chemical and biological stressors in the workplace. Assisting employers in
recognizing, evaluating and controlling such hazards is the role of a supervisor and five staff
industrial hygienists, one of whom is certified. These highly trained professionals perform
monitoring for exposure assessments to a wide variety of chemicals. Indoor air quality surveys
include ventilation system evaluation and, if warranted, monitoring of biologicals, including
mold. Noise surveys that determine employee exposures are completed. These evaluations
require extensive data gathering exercises and expert recommendations for addressing identified
hazards. Public sector activities for the past few years have been initiated entirely as a result of
employee complaints.
Table 1-8
Industrial Hygiene Unit FY 2004 Activities
Category of
Activity Type of Activity Total
21(d) Consultation Initial Visits 180
Follow-up Visits 7
Serious Hazards 149
Other-than-serious 88
Training Sessions 1
Public Sector Inspections (12
Enforcement IAQ complaints) 13
Employees
Covered 662
Hazards 0
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Federal/State Data Operations Unit

The Federal/State Data Operations unit manages data from the various programs. The Kansas
21(d) Consultation Project is required to forward extensive information on consultation activities
to OSHA. Similar information is required for public sector inspections. Accident prevention data
is gleaned from these resources. The unit has a supervisor and three clerks.
Table 1-9
Federal/State Data Operations Unit
FY 2004 Activities
Activity Total
AP audits completed 620
Employees affected 25,003
Hazards Identified 5,258
Insurance Company
Inspections 7,580
Insurance Policy Holders 53,147
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Section 2
Workplace Injuries and Illnesses in Kansas
FY 2004
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The state of Kansas has a compelling interest in the safety, health and productivity of its
workforce. An important aspect of that commitment is the division’s daily monitoring of the
workplace environment and periodic analysis of the incidence and severity of occupational
injuries and illnesses within the state. Every year the division publishes its decision support data
for the Legislature and interested parties in the form of the Annual Statistical Report. The first
part of this section reports on many aspects of occupational injuries and illnesses in the state of
Kansas for FY 2004, including the causes, nature and source, and industries in which they occur
and the body member implicated in the reported injuries and illnesses. Discussed next is the
widely reported private industry injury incidence rates published by the federal Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) of the United States Department of Labor and Kansas Department of Labor
(recently, responsibility was transferred to the Labor Market Information Systems division).
Calculated incidence rates for “non-federal” employment in the state of Kansas for the last 10
fiscal years are compared and contrasted with those of BLS.
Occupational Injuries and Illnesses in Kansas

Kansas classifies nonfatal occupational injuries, according to severity, as “no time lost,” “time
lost,” and “fatal.” “Time lost” injuries are those that “incapacitate the person injured from labor
or service for more than the remainder of the day, shift or turn.” “No time lost” injuries are
defined as those in which the employee did not miss work beyond the remainder of the day, shift
or turn. Injuries resulting in death are codes as “fatal.” In other words, the most severe types of
occupational injury or illness are classified as fatal while the least severe are reported as “no time
lost” cases. Table 2-1 contains the aggregate totals (by severity) of Kansas’ occupational injuries
and illnesses for the last 10 fiscal years.
There were 64,374 occupational injuries and illnesses reported to the Division of
Workers Compensation during FY 2004. The FY 2004 total reflect all accidents
occurring during the year, including fatalities, and represents a decrease of 3,763 reported
injuries and illnesses or a 5.5 percent decrease from last year’s total.
From another perspective 176 employees per day were either injured or killed on the job
in Kansas last fiscal year.
Workplace fatalities, the most severe type of injury, increased slightly (4.8 percent) from
the previous year (to 44 from 42 reported deaths) but were well below the 10-year
average of 57 reported cases.
The 48,298 “no time lost” injuries and illnesses reported constitute 75 percent of all
reported injuries and illnesses. “No time lost” injuries decreased 12 percent from the
previous year’s totals.
“Time lost” injuries and illnesses totaled 16,032, a 31 percent increase from the previous
year’s totals but this is almost entirely due to the fact that the division has stop utilizing
the “hospitalization” coding for statistical purposes. Instead, due to the lack of data,
standards and use by other states, the division now collapses all reports that signal a
hospitalization as a “lost time” case to be consistent with the U.S. Department of Labor’s
practices.
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One limitation of reported aggregate totals is that they do not account for year-to-year changes in
the workforce population within Kansas. Perhaps the least sophisticated benchmark statistic for
comparing year-to-year totals without controlling for workforce population increases/decreases
would be to calculate the percentage of total injuries and illnesses that resulted in “no time lost,”
“time lost,” and in fatality. The rationale is that the state has an interest in knowing what
percentage of total injuries and illnesses constitute the range of severity that either decreases
productivity, endangers worker safety, disrupts labor participation or results in death. The
incidence rate per 100 full-time equivalent workers, in order to do a fair year-to-year comparison
of occupational injury and illness behavior in Kansas, is discussed below.
Table 2-1
Kansas Total Occupational Injuries & Illnesses by
Severity FY1995-FY2004
No Time Lost Illnesses Time Lost Injuries &

& Injuries Illnesses Fatal Injuries
% of
Total Total
% of Total Injuries % of Total Injuries
Total No Injuries & Total & Total Injuries & &
Fiscal Year Time Lost Illnesses Time Lost Illnesses Fatal Illnesses Illnesses
FY1995 52,473 55.49% 42,030 44.44% 67 0.07% 94,570
FY1996 68,674 71.79% 26,929 28.15% 60 0.06% 95,663
FY1997 73,415 75.14% 24,220 24.79% 64 0.07% 97,699
FY1998 63,071 63.77% 35,767 36.16% 70 0.07% 98,908
FY1999 68,995 72.07% 26,674 27.86% 61 0.06% 95,730
FY2000 71,327 79.21% 18,653 20.71% 69 0.08% 90,049
FY2001 64,533 75.97% 20,368 23.98% 44 0.05% 84,945
FY2002 52,549 72.16% 20,223 27.77% 53 0.07% 72,825
FY2003 55,101 80.87% 12,994 19.07% 42 0.06% 68,137
FY2004 48,298 75.03% 16,032 24.90% 44 0.07% 64,374
Source: Kansas Division of Workers
Compensation
Occupational Injuries and Illnesses by County
As expected, counties with the largest population totals report the greatest number of
occupational injuries and illnesses (see Table 2-2).
Kansas’ largest city, Wichita is located in Sedgwick County and reported the most
number of cases.
Johnson County, part of metropolitan Kansas City, includes the second and fifth largest
cities in Kansas (Overland Park and Olathe, respectively) and reported the second largest
number of total injuries and illnesses.
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73 percent of the total injuries and illnesses reported in Sedgwick County and 78 percent
of total cases from Johnson County resulted in no time lost from work. Shawnee County,
which includes the capital of Topeka, had the third largest number of reported total cases.
The aggregate totals for all Kansas counties are listed in Table 2-13.
Table 2-2
Counties Reporting Greatest Number of Total Injuries
& Illnesses FY 2004
No Time Time Total
County Lost Lost Fatal Inj/Ill
SEDGWICK 7,335 2,687 6 10,028
JOHNSON 7,764 2,241 5 10,010
SHAWNEE 3,871 1,131 1 5,003
WYANDOTTE 2,607 956 3 3,566
UNKNOWN 2,313 1,237 7 3,557
DOUGLAS 1,510 538 1 2,049
SALINE 1,659 284 0 1,943
RENO 1,199 353 2 1,554
OTHER STATE 1,163 269 7 1,439
RILEY 1,068 363 1 1,432
Source of Occupational Injury and Illness
The most frequent source of both total occupational injuries and illnesses and “no time
lost” cases in FY 2004 were due to bodily motion (See Table 2-3).
Bodily motion injuries accounted for the most frequently reported “no time lost” and
“time lost” cases.
The aggregate totals for all types of sources of injury and illness are listed in Table 2-14.
Cause of Occupational Injury and Illness
Again, the physical act of lifting is the most frequent cause of occupational injury for
“total injuries and illnesses,” “no time lost” and “time lost” cases (See Table 2-4).
27 percent of lifting injuries result in time lost for the injured worker.
Objects being lifted and non-powered hand tools were the most frequent cause of injury
after lifting and unclassifiable injuries.
The aggregate totals for all causes of injury and illness are listed in Table 2-15.
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Table 2-3
Most Frequent Source Reported in Occupational Injuries & Illnesses
by Severity FY 2004
No Time Time Total
Source Lost Lost Fatal Inj/Ill
MISCELLANEOUS (EARPLUGS, SHEETROCK ETC) 6,233 720 6,953
PERSON, OTHER THAN INJURED 3,881 629 2 4,512
BODILY MOTION 3,501 772 4,273
BOXES, BARRELS, CONTAINERS, PACKAGES 2,926 572 3,498
FURNITURE, FIXTURES, FURNISHINGS ETC 2,520 436 2,956
METAL ITEMS, UNS 1,467 223 2 1,692
KNIVE OR RAZOR 1,418 125 1,543
FLOOR 1,295 237 1,532
HAND TOOLS, NOT POWERED 1,280 152 1,432
MACHINES, UNS 1,130 228 1 1,359
Table 2-4
Most Frequent Causes of Occupational Injuries & Illnesses
(by Total Inj/Ill) FY 2004
No Time Time Total
Cause of Injuries & Illnesses Lost Lost Fatality Inj/Ill
LIFTING 5,348 1,973 0 7,321
OTHER INJURY (NOT OTHERWISE CLASSIFIED) 5,286 814 14 6,114
OBJECT BEING LIFTED OR HANDLED 3,799 703 0 4,502
HAND TOOL, UTENSIL; NOT POWERED 2,471 494 0 2,965
ON SAME LEVEL 2,169 631 0 2,800
REPETITIVE MOTION 2,058 552 0 2,610
FOREIGN BODY IN EYE 2,104 491 0 2,595
PUSHING OR PULLING 1,810 668 0 2,478
STRAIN OR INJURY BY MISCELLANEOUS 1,339 950 0 2,289
FALLING OR FLYING OBJECT 1,544 674 0 2,218
Nature of Occupational Injury and Illness
6,905 reports of occupational injuries filed with the division failed to include an adequate
explanation of the nature of the occupational injury or illness (See Table 2-5).
Of the accident reports filed that did include an explanation, strains and lacerations are
the two most common types of injuries reported (same as previous year).
69 percent of the reported strains and 80 percent of reported lacerations did not result in
lost work time.
The aggregate totals for all natures of injury and illness are listed in Table 2-16.
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Table 2-5
Most Frequent Nature Reported in Occupational Injuries
& Illnesses by Severity FY 2004
Time Total
Nature No Time Lost Lost Fatal Inj/Ill
STRAIN 11,677 5,324 0 17,001
LACERATION 7,284 1,850 0 9,134
NO EXPLANATION 5,987 909 9 6,905
CONTUSION 4,419 1,746 2 6,167
ALL OTHER SPECIFIC INJURIES 3,718 1,132 10 4,860
PUNCTURE 2,619 472 1 3,092
SPRAIN 1,895 816 0 2,711
FOREIGN BODY 2,154 554 0 2,708
FRACTURE 1,136 889 0 2,025
INFLAMMATION 1,589 362 0 1,951
Body Member Associated with Occupational Injury and Illness
Table 2-6 lists the body member most frequently associated with reported occupational injuries
and illnesses for FY 2004.
Injuries and illnesses involving the finger(s) constitute the greatest number of total
reported cases.
Injuries involving the low back area had the second greatest total frequency for FY 2004.
Of cases involving fingers, just over 80 percent resulted in no lost time while only 19
percent require time away from work. In contrast, 68 percent of injuries involving the low
back are “no time lost” cases while 32 percent result in time lost for the worker.
The aggregate totals for all body members associated with injury and illness are listed in Table
2-17.
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Table 2-6
Most Frequent Body Member Reported in Occupational
Injuries & Illnesses by Severity FY 2004
Body Member No Time Lost Time Lost Fatal Total Inj/Ill
FINGER(S) 5,450 1,307 0 6,757
LOW BACK AREA (LUMBAR,
LUMBOSACRAL) 4,429 2,068 0 6,497
KNEE 2,999 1,183 0 4,182
MULTIPLE MEMBERS
INJURED 3,549 471 19 4,039
MULTIPLE UPPER
EXTREMITIES 3,222 687 0 3,909
HAND 2,967 838 0 3,805
EYE(S) 2,733 704 0 3,437
SHOULDER(S) 2,122 875 0 2,997
MULTIPLE BODY PARTS 1,811 994 6 2,811
WRIST 1,856 658 0 2,514
Industries with Greatest Number of Total Occupational Injuries and Illnesses
Tables 2-7 and 2-8 list the industries, by both the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) and
North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS), in Kansas that reported the greatest
number of total occupational injuries and illnesses to the Division of Workers Compensation
over the past fiscal year. The division accepts either SIC or NAICS (both 1997 & 2002) codes
for reporting the industry associated with the occupational injury or illness.
For injuries reported under the Standard Industrial Classification system, general medical
and surgical hospitals ranked first for total frequency in FY 2004, however, of the
reported injuries and illnesses, 72 percent were “no time lost” cases.
For SIC classified industries, the public sector reported the second largest number of total
injuries and illnesses and, similar to health services, some 78 percent were “no time lost”
cases.
For injuries reported under the North American Industrial Classification System, general
elementary and secondary schools ranked first for total frequency in FY 2004, however,
of the reported injuries and illnesses, 68 percent were “no time lost” cases.
For NAICS classified industries, general medical and surgical hospitals reported the
second largest number of total injuries and illnesses and, similar to health services, some
80 percent were “no time lost” cases.
The aggregate totals for all industries are listed in Tables 2-18 (SIC) and 2-19 (NAICS).
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Table 2-7
Industries (SIC) with Greatest Number of Occupational Injuries &
Illnesses FY 2004
No Time Time Total
Industry (SIC) Lost Lost Fatal Inj/Ill
GENERAL MEDICAL AND SURGICAL HOSPITALS 1,903 743 0 2,646
EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE OFFICES, COMBINED 2,031 563 1 2,595
EATING AND DRINKING PLACES 1,885 580 1 2,466
SKILLED NURSING CARE FACILITIES 1,458 284 0 1,742
TRUCKING, EXCEPT LOCAL 987 606 3 1,596
MEAT PACKING PLANTS 1,416 105 0 1,521
BUSINESS SERVICES, NEC 1,101 319 0 1,420
GROCERY STORES 968 193 2 1,163
DEPARTMENT STORES 875 218 0 1,093
VARIETY STORES 586 349 0 935
Table 2-8
Industries (NAICS) with Greatest Number of Total Occupational
Injuries & Illnesses FY 2004
No Time Time Total
Industries (NAICS) Lost Lost Fatal Inj/Ill
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS 1,558 720 0 2,278
GENERAL MEDICAL AND SURGICAL HOSPITALS 543 133 0 676

AIRCRAFT ENGINE AND ENGINE PARTS
MANUFACTURING 288 87 0 375
UNKNOWN 160 89 0 249
NURSING CARE FACILITIES 128 41 0 169
RESIDENTIAL MENTAL RETARDATION
FACILITIES 144 22 0 166
SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS 152 12 0 164
HYDROELECTRIC POWER GENERATION (PT) 160 0 0 160
MEDICAL LABORATORIES 62 71 0 133
WAREHOUSE CLUBS AND SUPERCENTERS 122 8 0 130
Age Characteristics of Injured Workers
Table 2-9 lists the age characteristics of injured workers for FY 2004.
Workers ages 20-29 (15,182), 30-39 (14,618), and 40-49 (16,409) report the greatest total
number of injuries and illnesses to the Division of Workers Compensation for FY 2004
(see Table 2-9).
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The percentage of no time lost injuries was nearly 75 percent for the 20-29 stratum, 30-39
stratum and 40-49 stratum.
Table 2-9
Occupational Injuries & Illnesses by
Age FY 2004
Total
Age No Time Lost Time Lost Fatal Inj/Ill
19 & under 1,620 508 0 2,128
20 - 29 11,500 3,678 4 15,182
30 - 39 10,988 3,619 11 14,618
40 - 49 12,327 4,077 5 16,409
50 - 59 8,140 2,842 12 10,994
60 - 69 2,260 846 6 3,112
70 - 79 272 143 2 417
80 & Above 56 58 0 114
Kansas Occupational Injury and Illness Incidence Rates

Statewide (Non-Federal) Occupational Injury and Illness Incidence Rate for Public and
Private Sectors
There are two sources of occupational injury and illness data reported in this section. The Survey
of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses is a Federal/State program administered by the United
States Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and cooperating state agencies
throughout the nation. In Kansas, the cooperating state agency that helps administer the survey is
the Department of Labor, Labor Market Information Services division (LMIS). The annual
survey measures the incidence rates of workplace injuries and illnesses for the nation as a whole
and for each participating state, as well as case and injured worker demographic data (see
Appendix A). The Division of Workers Compensation does not directly participate in the BLS
survey but is an active consumer of its information. The division believes that the private sector
incidence rates provided by BLS and LMIS help augment both this annual report and the
statutory obligation to monitor workplace injuries and illnesses in the state for health and safety
purposes.
However, the division does believe that it can contribute to the discourse on workplace injury
incidence rates in Kansas for several reasons. First, employers covered under the Workers
Compensation Act are required to report all employee occupational injuries and illnesses to the
division within 28 days of the date of injury or onset of illness. The division has aggregated and
reported this data in its Annual Statistical Report for many years but did not publish its
calculated rates of incidence per 100 full-time equivalent employees until FY 2001. The division
reports its own calculated occupational injury incidence rates (see Appendix A for
methodology). Second, the division does have an institutional advantage (relative to BLS and
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LMIS) in that it, by law, is able to collect data on the entire population of workplace injuries and
illnesses in Kansas because it has the legal authority to collect injury data on state and local
public sector employees in addition to the private sector.1 This is important because the state and
local public sector workforce is one of the largest employers in Kansas and reports a significant
percentage of the total workplace injuries and illnesses each year. Finally, it should be noted that
the Division of Workers Compensation is able to publish its occupational injury statistics in a
timelier manner than both BLS and LMIS. In this report, it publishes incidence rates for all
employers covered under the Workers Compensation Act through fiscal year 2004 (up to and
including June 30, 2004) whereas the most recent national data available from BLS is through
calendar year 2003, and state-specific data is only published through calendar year 2002 (as of
time of printing). We may be able to identify injury and illness trends more quickly and use this
in-house information as a basis for targeting resources, through the Industrial Safety and Health
section, for injury prevention and/or safety education.
While it is true that there is no absolute acceptable level of injury incidence, relatively speaking,
the lower the rate of injury the better. An important question is how should the average Kansan
interpret the “Total Injuries and Illnesses” incidence rate? For example, if the incidence rate for
total injuries and illnesses for Kansas for any given year were 5.3 injuries per 100 full-time
workers, would it be reasonable to conclude that roughly 5 percent of full-time workers suffered
some sort of occupational injury that year? We believe that this would be a fair interpretation
provided that we assume each worker within this 5.3 percent was injured only once during the
year under study. In other words, for every one hundred full-time private sector workers in
Kansas there were 5.3 injuries reported that year for our hypothetical example. If consumers of
this information would want to know what occupations in Kansas are more at risk for injury than
others, then the total injury and illness incidence rate would not provide that information. They
would need to consult the industry cluster estimates of injury incidence provided annually by the
Kansas Department of Health and Environment or the non-federal incidence rates reported in the
Kansas Division of Workers Compensation Annual Statistical Report.
The BLS measures of “Total Lost Workday Cases” and “Other Recordable Cases” (BLS used to
categorize these as “Cases Without Lost Workdays” and is roughly the same as no time lost
cases) are similar to measures reported by the Division of Workers Compensation in past annual
statistical reports (see below). Under the Kansas Workers Compensation Act, employers are
required to report to the division:
1
Under its commerce power granted by the Federal Constitution, and as interpreted by the United States Supreme
Court (See U.S. v. Lopez, 514 U.S. 558-559 (1995); “three broad categories of activity that Congress may regulate
under its commerce power…Congress may regulate the use of the channels of interstate commerce…Congress is
empowered to regulate and protect the instrumentalities of interstate commerce, or persons or things in interstate
commerce, even though the threat may come only from intrastate activities…Congress’ commerce authority
includes the power to regulate those activities having a substantial relation to interstate commerce,…i.e., those
activities that substantially affect interstate commerce.”. The federal government can require employers to log all
occupational injuries and illnesses and report them to BLS and/or OSHA. The Federal Constitution, however, does
not give Congress the authority to regulate the states (and its political subdivisions) as states and therefore, compel
them to report the workplace injuries of state and local public servants to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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[I]f the personal injuries which are sustained by such accidents, are sufficient
wholly or partially to incapacitate the person injured from labor or service for more
than the remainder of the day, shift or turn on which such injuries were sustained.2
The division classifies nonfatal occupational injuries as “lost time,” “no lost time” and fatal.
“Lost time” injuries are those that “incapacitate the person injured from labor or service for more
than the remainder of the day, shift or turn.” “No lost time” injuries are defined as those in which
the employee did not miss work beyond the remainder of the day, shift or turn. Fatal injuries are
self-explanatory. All of the division’s severity classifications are similar to the BLS variables in
the Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Survey and are broad enough to describe the diversity of
injuries within each category yet specific enough to discern substantive differences in severity
(see explanation below). “Total Lost Workday Cases” injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time
workers is a statistic used to measure the incidence of injuries that meet the criterion of “lost
workday.” However, a year-to-year comparison between the BLS study and the division’s data is
difficult due to both the time lag in reporting by BLS and the differing time frames of the studies.
Table 2-10 lists the Kansas non-fatal occupational injury and illness rate for the last ten fiscal
years (FY 1995-FY 2004) as calculated by the Division of Workers Compensation. See Figure
2-1 below for graphical representations of the data.
For “total injuries and illnesses” the incidence per 100 full-time equivalent workers
(FTE) in the private and public sectors in Kansas was 5.0 in FY 2004. The total injuries
and illnesses incidence rate rose slightly over the last year (4.2 percent). This is the first
time in the last ten years (since FY 1995) that the total injury incidence rate has not
declined. However, the total injury and illness incidence rate has declined by 39 percent
over the last ten years, and by 27 percent since FY 2000.
The “time lost” injuries and illnesses incidence rate was 1.25 per 100 full-time equivalent
workers (FTE) in FY 2004, a 36 percent increase in the rate from the previous year.
The fatality rate is nearly unchanged from the previous year.
The “no time lost” injuries and illnesses incidence rate decreased for the fourth
consecutive year. The FY 2004 rate of 3.75 injuries and illnesses per 100 FTE marks a
3.5 percent decrease from the previous year and a 31 percent decrease from FY 2000
(5.45 injuries and illnesses per 100 FTE).
2
K.S.A.44-557.
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Table 2-10
Kansas Non-Fatal Occupational Injury &
Illness Incidence Rate* FY 1995-FY 2004
No Time Lost Time Lost
Fiscal Illnesses & Injuries & Total Injuries
Year Injuries* Illnesses* Fatal Injuries* & Illnesses*
FY1995 4.54 3.64 0.0058 8.19
FY1996 5.80 2.28 0.0051 8.08
FY1997 6.02 1.99 0.0052 8.01
FY1998 4.99 2.83 0.0055 7.82
FY1999 5.33 2.06 0.0047 7.39
FY2000 5.45 1.42 0.0053 6.88
FY2001 4.87 1.54 0.0033 6.42
FY2002 3.93 1.51 0.0040 5.45
FY2003 3.89 0.92 0.0030 4.80
FY2004 3.75 1.25 0.0034 5.00
Source: Kansas Division of Workers Compensation, Kansas Labor Market
Information Services
*Per 100 Full-time Equivalent Non-Federal
Workers
Figure 2-1
Kansas Rate of Occupational Injury and Illness
9.00 FY 1995-FY 2004
8.19 8.08
8.00 8.01
7.82
7.39
7.00
6.88
6.42
6.00 6.02
5.80
5.33 5.45 5.45
5.00 4.99 4.87 5.00
4.80
4.54
4.00 3.93 3.89 3.75
3.64
3.00
2.83
2.28
2.00 1.99 2.06
1.42 1.54 1.51

1.25
1.00 0.92
0.00
FY1995 FY1996 FY1997 FY1998 FY1999 FY2000 FY2001 FY2002 FY2003 FY2004
No Time Lost Illnesses & Injuries* Time Lost Injuries & Illnesses* Total Injuries & Illnesses*
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The Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics Survey of Statewide Occupational Injuries and
Illnesses in the Private Sector
BLS defines a lost workday as “the number of workdays (consecutive or not) beyond the day of
injury or onset of illness.” This number includes both actual days away from work and days
during which the employee is assigned, due to the injury or illness, to restricted work activity,3
and is a proxy for measuring the severity of injury incurred by the employee. Its logical
counterpart is the former “Cases Without Lost Workday Cases,” now categorized as “Other
Recordable Cases,” which is defined as the obverse of injury resulting in time away from work
or restricted work activity. It too is a proxy for measuring severity and would include any injury
incurred that did not result in lost workdays or restricted activity. For example, if a Kansas
employee were to cut a finger while preparing food and did not return for the rest of the day
(presumably to receive medical treatment) but did return the following scheduled workday they
would be designated as an “Other Recordable Case.” In other words, no time is lost beyond the
day of injury or onset of illness.
BLS reported an incidence rate of 9.7 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers for Kansas
in 1994. That incidence rate dropped to a eight-year low of 6.2 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-
time workers in calendar year 2002, the most recent year of the survey available for the state of
Kansas (See Table 2-11). Below are findings from the survey research that are good comparative
data for the division’s published incidence rates.
The “Total Injuries and Illnesses” incidence rate (see Table 2-11) for the private sector in
Kansas reveals a decrease in the frequency of occupational injury and illness every
successive year except for a slight spike in 2000 (up from 7.6 to 7.8). This is consistent
with the national trend (yearly declines for every year however) in “Total Injury and
Illness” incidence rates but Kansas still has a higher frequency of injuries than the
national average for every year of the study. Data is not available for Kansas rates for the
2003 calendar year but the national total injuries rate decreased to 5.0.
The “Total Lost Workday Cases” incidence rate for Kansas declines or remains level
from 1994 (4.2 per 100 workers) to 2002 (3.0 per 100 workers). The Kansas numbers are
slightly higher than the national average for each of the nine years, which also has
declined or remained constant every year as well, to a low of 2.6 lost workday injuries
per 100 full-time workers in 2003.
The “Lost Workday Cases with Days Away from Work” incidence rate for the Kansas
private sector has dropped from 2.5 injuries and illnesses per 100 workers in 1994 to 1.4
per 100 workers in 2002. This trend in injuries resulting in days away from work mirrors
rather closely what is occurring at the national level and is a good sign that the severity of
the Kansas injuries are no greater than the national average.
The “Cases Without Lost Workdays” (now “other recordable cases”) incidence rate in
Kansas declined from 5.5 injuries per 100 workers (1995) to 3.2 per 100 workers in 2002.
Kansas has higher than average (national) rates for cases without lost workdays for every
year of the study (data not available for 2003), indicating that a greater percentage of the
state’s total injuries and illnesses do not result in days away from work or restricted work
3
Restricted work activity includes assigning an employee to another job on a temporary basis, less than full-time employment or
a reduction in duties for the position of which the injury occurred.
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activity. In other words, Kansas has a greater frequency of the less severe type of
occupational injuries and illnesses.
The Kansas “Total Injuries and Illnesses” rate is down by 3.5 injuries and illnesses per
100 workers for the period 1995-2002, a relative change of 36.1 percent. Similarly, the
national average for total injuries has decreased by 2.7 injuries and illnesses per 100
workers, or 38.3 percent, over the 1995-2003 period.
“Total Lost Workday Cases” in Kansas has declined by 1.2 injuries and illnesses per 100
workers, or 28 percent, from 1995-2002 while the national average for the same
incidence rate is down 1.0 injuries and illnesses, or 28 percent, over the period 1995-
2003.
Kansas “Lost Workday Cases with Days Away from Work” has remained fairly steady
over the nine-year period, declining by 1.1 injuries and illnesses per 100 workers. The
national average for days away from work injuries and illnesses declined by the same
amount over this period as well.
“Cases Without Lost Workdays” (“other recordable cases”) in Kansas are down by 2.3
injuries and illnesses per 100 workers from 1995-2002 (relative decline of 42 percent)
and the nation as a whole experienced a similar decline (2.0 injuries and illnesses per 100
FTE).
Table 2-11
BLS Survey of Kansas Private Sector Occupational Injury & Illness
Incidence Rate* 1995-2003
Lost Workday Cases
Total Injuries & Total Lost Workday with Days Away from Cases Without Lost
Illnesses* Cases* Work* Workdays**
National Kansas National Kansas National Kansas National Kansas
Year Rate Rate Rate Rate Rate Rate Rate Rate
1995 8.1 9.7 3.6 4.2 2.5 2.5 4.4 5.5
1996 7.4 8.9 3.4 4.0 2.2 2.2 4.1 4.9
1997 7.1 8.6 3.3 4.0 2.1 2.1 3.8 4.6
1998 6.7 8.5 3.1 3.7 2.0 1.9 3.5 4.8
1999 6.3 7.6 3.0 3.6 1.9 1.9 3.3 4.0
2000 6.1 7.8 3.0 3.3 1.8 1.7 3.2 4.4
2001 5.7 7.3 2.8 3.2 1.7 1.6 2.9 4.0
2002 5.3 6.2 2.8 3.0 1.6 1.4 2.5 3.2
2003 5.0 n/a 2.6 n/a 1.5 n/a 2.4 n/a
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor
*Per 100 FTE Private Sector Workers
** Starting in 2002 this category has been reclassified by BLS as "other recordable cases"
n/a= not available as of December, 2004
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Kansas Industrial Super Sector Incidence Rates FY 2003-FY 2004

For only the second year, the division is publishing its calculated incidence rates by industrial
super sector for the fiscal years 2003-2004, utilizing the North American Industrial Classification
System or NAICS. Beginning in January 2003, the Kansas Labor Market Information Services
(LMIS) stopped reporting non-farm payroll employment hours by the old Standard Industrial
Classification (SIC) and began reporting using the NAICS system. LMIS had reported
employment payroll by the SIC system since 1939. Therefore, since the division relies upon this
data for the construction of statistics, it will no longer report incidence rates by the SIC system.
In addition, the incidence rates have been recalculated to take into account the division’s
reclassification of all “hospitalized” cases to “time lost.”
The utilities sector had the highest total injuries and illnesses incidence rate at (9.89
injuries and illnesses per 100 FTE for FY 2003, 9.31 for FY 2004) for the last two years,
followed by the mining (8.10 in FY 2003, 7.25 in FY 2004), and construction industries
(7.40 in FY 2003, 6.5 in FY 2004).
The industrial super sectors with the lowest rates for the total injuries and illnesses
incidence rate for both years were the management of companies and enterprises (0.16 in
FY 2003, 0.44 in FY 2004).
Utilities also reported the highest “no time lost” incidence rate in FY 2003 with 8.48
injuries and illnesses per 100 FTE, while the health care and social assistance industrial
sector had the second highest rate; 6.09 per 100 FTE. In FY 2004, utilities ranked first
once again (7.77) while the manufacturing super sector had the second highest
occurrence of “no time lost” injuries with 4.54.
The mining sector reported the highest incidence rate of “time lost” injuries and illnesses
in both FY 2003, with 2.5 per 100 FTE, and FY 2004 (2.75).
The construction sector reported the second highest rate of “time lost” injuries for FY
2003 was 2.31 injuries and illnesses per 100 FTE and 2.14 in FY 2004.
The data for the educational service (which does not include public school and university
employees) sector are not available for either year and are currently under review by the
division statisticians.
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Table 2-12
Kansas Non-Fatal Occupational Injury & Illness Incidence
Rate* by NAICS Super Sector FY 2003-FY 2004
Total Injuries & No Time Lost Injuries & Time Lost Injuries &
Industrial Super Sector Illnesses Illnesses* Illnesses*
FY 2003 FY 2004 FY 2003 FY 2004 FY 2003 FY 2004

Mining 8.11 7.25 5.61 4.51 2.50 2.75
Utilities 9.89 9.31 8.48 7.77 1.40 1.54
Construction 7.40 6.50 5.08 4.37 2.31 2.14
Manufacturing 5.67 5.90 4.78 4.54 0.87 1.37
Wholesale Trade 5.15 4.80 4.05 3.53 1.08 1.27
Retail Trade 5.09 4.78 3.97 3.51 1.13 1.27
Transportation and
Warehousing 6.01 5.21 4.61 3.26 1.40 1.95
Information 1.81 1.73 1.48 1.30 0.33 0.42
Finance and
Insurance 1.07 0.99 0.92 0.80 0.15 0.19
Real Estate and
Rental and Leasing 4.79 4.04 3.94 3.27 0.86 0.77
Professional,
Scientific, and
Technical Services 1.07 1.74 0.89 1.36 0.18 0.38
Management of
Companies and
Enterprises 0.16 0.44 0.11 0.37 0.05 0.07
Administrative and
Support and Waste
Management and
Remediation Services 5.43 5.67 4.21 4.33 1.21 1.34
Educational Services n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Health Care and
Social Assistance 6.94 5.8 6.09 4.44 0.84 1.36
Arts, Entertainment,
and Recreation 4.04 3.65 3.40 2.80 0.62 0.85
Accommodation and
Food Services 3.73 3.19 3.02 2.41 0.71 0.78
Other Services
(except Public
Administration) 2.23 2.45 1.7 1.72 0.53 0.73
Public Administration 1.63 1.29 1.32 1.0 0.31 0.3
Source: Kansas Division of Workers Compensation, Kansas Labor Market Information Services
*Per 100 Full-time Equivalent Non-Federal
Workers
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Table 2-13
Location (County) of Occupational Injuries & Illnesses
by Severity FY 2004
Kansas County No Time Lost Time Lost Fatality Total Inj/Ill
ALLEN 284 58 342
ANDERSON 43 21 64
ATCHISON 326 141 467
BARBER 47 31 78
BARTON 429 222 651
BOURBON 291 110 401
BROWN 189 40 229
BUTLER 673 212 1 886
CHASE 38 1 39
CHAUTAUQUA 30 18 48
CHEROKEE 176 84 260
CHEYENNE 30 12 42
CLARK 47 19 66
CLAY 144 48 192
CLOUD 118 38 156
COFFEY 92 25 117
COMANCHE 23 10 33
COWLEY 582 166 748
CRAWFORD 606 272 878
DECATUR 46 21 67
DICKINSON 299 117 416
DONIPHAN 44 25 69
DOUGLAS 1,510 538 1 2,049
EDWARDS 25 14 39
ELK 30 17 47
ELLIS 505 187 1 693
ELLSWORTH 220 54 274
FINNEY 831 234 2 1,067
FORD 812 186 998
FRANKLIN 391 130 521
GEARY 640 154 794
GOVE 41 23 64
GRAHAM 38 15 53
GRANT 120 34 154
GRAY 49 20 69
GREELEY 34 4 38
GREENWOOD 104 33 137
HAMILTON 56 17 73
HARPER 135 32 167
HARVEY 502 177 679
HASKELL 68 18 86
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Table 2-13 continued

Location (County) of Occupational Injuries & Illnesses
by Severity FY 2004
Time
Kansas County No Time Lost Lost Fatality Total Inj/Ill
HODGEMAN 28 11 1 40
JACKSON 147 68 215
JEFFERSON 102 36 138
JEWELL 34 17 51
JOHNSON 7,764 2,241 5 10,010
KEARNY 31 14 45
KINGMAN 74 39 1 114
KIOWA 40 10 50
LABETTE 435 146 581
LANE 29 14 43
LEAVENWORTH 530 238 768
LINCOLN 40 17 57
LINN 51 39 90
LOGAN 45 19 64
LYON 990 200 1,190
MARION 113 40 153
MARSHALL 157 34 191
MCPHERSON 518 171 689
MEADE 61 18 79
MIAMI 504 99 603
MITCHELL 121 31 152
MONTGOMERY 867 232 1 1,100
MORRIS 72 23 95
MORTON 49 18 67
NEMAHA 180 43 223
NEOSHO 415 174 1 590
NESS 26 23 49
NORTON 114 28 142
OSAGE 59 31 90
OSBORNE 70 34 104
OTHER STATE 1,163 269 7 1,439
OTTAWA 29 13 42
PAWNEE 244 88 1 333
PHILLIPS 66 24 90
POTTAWATOMIE 219 85 304
PRATT 191 84 1 276
RAWLINS 34 8 42
RENO 1,199 353 2 1,554
REPUBLIC 58 22 80
RICE 90 38 128
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Location (County) of Occupational Injuries & Illnesses by
Severity FY 2004
No Time Time Total
Kansas County Lost Lost Fatality Inj/Ill
RILEY 1,068 363 1 1,432
ROOKS 75 42 117
RUSH 41 16 57
RUSSELL 90 48 138
SALINE 1,659 284 1,943
SCOTT 74 31 105
SEDGWICK 7,335 2,687 6 10,028
SEWARD 488 172 660
SHAWNEE 3,871 1,131 1 5,003
SHERIDAN 21 8 29
SHERMAN 70 33 103
SMITH 53 53 106
STAFFORD 38 20 58
STANTON 34 10 44
STEVENS 58 30 88
SUMNER 234 60 1 295
THOMAS 116 32 148
TREGO 49 18 67
UNKNOWN 2,313 1,237 7 3,557
WABAUNSEE 32 17 49
WALLACE 9 5 14
WASHINGTON 81 25 106
WICHITA 27 2 29
WILSON 196 63 259
WOODSON 27 17 44
WYANDOTTE 2,607 956 3 3,566
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Table 2-14
Source Reported in Occupational Injuries & Illnesses by Severity
FY 2004
No Time Time Total
AIR PRESSURE 20 4 24
AIRCRAFT 37 3 3 43
ANIMAL PRODUCTS 384 28 412
ANIMALS, INSECTS, ETC, UNS 1,096 132 1,228
BLOOD 194 6 200
BOAT OR SHIP 21 3 24
BODILY MOTION 3,501 772 4,273
BOILERS, PRESSURE VESSELS 2 2
BOTTLES, JUGS, FLASKS, ETC 103 21 124
BOXES, BARRELS, CONTAINERS, PACKAGES 2,926 572 3,498
BUILDINGS & STRUCTURES (WALLS, FENCES) 1,117 196 1,313
CERAMIC ITEMS (BRICK, CHINA, TILE ETC) 35 7 42
CHEMICALS 743 84 827
CLOTHING, APPAREL, SHOES 154 26 180
COAL AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS 55 14 69
COLD (ATMOSPHERIC, ENVIRONMENTAL) 4 4
CONVEYERS 143 29 172
DRUGS AND MEDICINES 21 2 23
EARTHMOVING & HIWAY CONSTR. MACHINES 150 55 2 207
ELECTRIC APPARATUS (HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE) 484 67 551
FLAME, FIRE, SMOKE 108 17 125
FLOOR 1,295 237 1,532
FOOD PRODUCTS (COOKING OIL) 348 54 402
FORKLIFTS, STACKERS (POWERED VEHICLES) 166 39 205
FUMES - (GAS, PAINT) 100 22 122
FURNITURE, FIXTURES, FURNISHINGS ETC 2,520 436 2,956
GLASS ITEMS (FIBERGLASS, SEE ALSO 650) 483 46 529
GROUND OUTDOORS 608 165 773
HAND TOOLS, NOT POWERED 1,280 152 1,432
HAND TOOLS, POWERED 713 120 833
HANDTRUCKS,DOLLIES (NON POWERED VEHICLE) 460 108 568
HEAT, ENVIRONMENTAL 104 32 136
HEATING EQUIPMENT (FURNACES, STOVES ETC) 155 11 166
HIGHWAY VEHICLES 69 18 87
HOISTING APPARATUS 104 18 122
ICE, SNOW 540 87 2 629
INFECTIOUS, PARASITIC AGENTS (BACTERIA) 305 20 325
KNIVE OR RAZOR 1,418 125 1,543
LADDERS 448 158 606
LIQUIDS (WATER, LIQUIDS NEC) 444 78 522
MACHINES, UNS 1,130 228 1 1,359
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Source Reported in Occupational Injuries & Illnesses by Severity
FY 2004
No Time Time Total
METAL CHIPS, SPLINTERS, PARTICLES 863 74 937
METAL FASTENERS (BOLTS, NAILS, SCREWS) 414 50 464
METAL ITEMS, UNS 1,467 223 2 1,692
METAL PARTS (EXCEPT AUTO, UNASSEMBLED) 59 6 65
MINERAL ITEMS (CLAY, SAND, GRAVEL STONE) 349 127 476
MISCELLANEOUS (EARPLUGS, SHEETROCK ETC) 6,233 720 6,953
MULTIPLE SOURCES OF INJURY 882 130 9 1,021
NEEDLES 896 15 911
NO EXPLANATION 168 14 182
NOISE 75 1 76
OFFICE MACHINES 468 57 525
PALLETS, SKIDS 389 82 471
PAPER AND PULP ITEMS 231 34 265
PARTICLES - UNIDENTIFIED 963 36 999
PERSON, INJURED (HEART FAILURE, MENTAL) 930 179 14 1,123
PERSON, OTHER THAN INJURED 3,881 629 2 4,512
PIPE AND FITTINGS 294 76 370
PIT 32 6 38
PLANT OR INDUSTRIAL VEHICLES 319 101 420
PLANTS, TREES, VEGETATION 466 72 538
PLASTIC ITEMS 100 16 116
POTS, PANS, DISHES, TRAYS 304 57 361
PRINTING MACHINES 5 1 6
PUMPS & PRIME MOVERS (ENGINES, TURBINES) 137 37 174
RADIATING SUBSTANCES (ISOTOPES,SUN,XRAY) 6 6
RAIL VEHICLES (TRAIN) 12 5 17
RAMPS 92 9 101
RECREATION AND ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT 213 21 234
ROOFS 24 31 55
RUBBER PRODUCTS 212 48 260
RUNWAYS, PLATFORMS 86 23 109
SAWS (NOT HAND TOOLS) 61 26 87
SCRAP, DEBRIS, WASTE MATERIALS (SLAG) 156 27 183
SHEARS, SLITTERS, SLICERS 352 42 394
SIDEWALKS, PATHS, WALKWAYS (OUTDOORS) 635 106 741
STAIRS, STEPS INCLUDE ESCALATORS 776 139 915
STEAM 60 13 73
STITCHING, SEWING MACHINES 1 1
STREET, ROAD 159 64 223
TEXTILE ITEMS 14 2 16
VEHICLES, UNS 992 297 2 1,291
WOOD ITEMS 259 97 356
WOOD ITEMS, NEC 69 5 74
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Table 2-15
Cause of Occupational Injuries & Illnesses by Severity FY 2004
No Time Time Total
ABNORMAL AIR PRESSURE - BURN OR SCALD-HEAT OR
COLD EXPOSURE 4 2 6
ABSORPTION, INGESTION, OR INHALATION, NOC 149 162 311
ACID CHEMICALS 155 56 211
ANIMAL OR INSECT 1,002 228 1,230
BROKEN GLASS 338 67 405
BURN OR SCALD--HEAT OR COLD EXPOSURE
MISCELLANEOUS 323 112 435
CALLOUS BLISTER ETC. CAUSED BY REPETITIVE MOTION 7 60 67
CAUGHT BY COLAPSING MATERIALS (SLIDES OF EARTH) -
MAN MADE OR NATURAL 1 4 5
CAUGHT IN OR BETWEEN MISCELLANEOUS 1,016 220 2 1,238
COLLISION WITH A FIXED OBJECT 24 24 48
COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE 542 265 14 821
CONTACT WITH ELECTRIC CURRENT 92 25 117
CONTACT WITH HOT OBJECT 190 58 248
CRASH OF AIRPLANE 1 6 7
CUMULATIVE INJURY (NOT OTHERWISE CLASSIFIED) 563 244 807
CUT, PUNCTURE, SCRAPE INJURED BY MISCELLANEOUS 772 353 1,125
CUT, PUNCTURE, SCRAPE, INJURED BY OBJECT BEING
LIFTED OR HANDLED 214 285 499
DUST, GASES, FUMES OR VAPORS 287 58 345
EXPLOSION OR FLARE BACK 18 5 1 24
EXPOSURE TO COLD OBJECTS OR SUBSTANCES 6 6
FALL OR SLIP INJURY MISCELLANEOUS 893 570 1,463
FALL, ONTO OR AGAINST OBJECTS 212 50 2 264
FALL, SLIP OR TRIP INJURY ON STAIRS 388 175 563
FALL, SLIP OR TRIP INTO OPENINGS - SHAFTS,
EXCAVATIONS, FLOOR OPENING 31 24 55
FALL, SLIP, OR TRIP INJURY ON ICE OR SNOW 1,383 560 1,943
FALLING OR FLYING OBJECT 1,544 674 2,218
FIRE OR FLAME 57 26 83
FOREIGN BODY IN EYE 2,104 491 2,595
FROM DIFFERENT LEVEL 663 441 1,104
FROM LIQUID OR GREASE SPILLS 1,136 361 1,497
HAND TOOL OR MACHINE IN USE 79 71 150
HAND TOOL, UTENSIL; NOT POWERED 2,471 494 2,965
HOLDING OR CARRYING 632 161 793
JUMPING 107 53 160
LADDER OR SCAFFOLDING 226 216 442
LIFTING 5,348 1,973 7,321
MACHINE OR MACHINERY - CAUGHT IN, UNDER OR
BETWEEN 301 182 483
MISC OTHER THAN PHYSICAL CAUSE OF INJURY 62 62 1 125
MOTOR VEHICLE 55 46 101
MOTOR VEHICLE MISCELLANEOUS 72 62 1 135
50

Cause of Occupational Injuries & Illnesses by Severity FY 2004
No Time Time Total
MOVING PARTS OF MACHINE 54 40 94
MULTIPLE CAUSES OF INJURY 298 55 1 354
NO EXPLANATION 96 19 115
OBJECT BEING LIFTED OR HANDLED 3,799 703 4,502
OBJECT HANDLED 381 233 614
OBJECT HANDLED BY OTHERS 253 54 1 308
ON SAME LEVEL 2,169 631 2,800
OTHER INJURY (NOT OTHERWISE CLASSIFIED) 5,286 814 14 6,114
POWERED HAND TOOL, APPLIANCE 563 194 757
PUSHING OR PULLING 1,810 668 2,478
RADIATION 1 1 2
REACHING 435 175 610
REPETITION OF PRESSURE 1 1
REPETITIVE MOTION 2,058 552 2,610
ROBBERY OR CRIMINAL ASSAULT 62 23 1 86
RUBBED OR ABRADED, NOC 7 12 19
SANDING, SCRAPING, CLEANING OPERATIONS 100 12 112
SLIPPED, DID NOT FALL 402 137 539
STATIONARY OBJECT 1,455 338 1,793
STEAM OR HOT FLUIDS 371 123 494
STEPPING ON SHARP OBJECT 133 27 160
STRAIN OR INJURY BY CONTINUAL NOISE 29 3 32
STRAIN OR INJURY BY MISCELLANEOUS 1,339 950 2,289
STRAIN OR INJURY BY TWISTING 372 245 617
STRAIN OR INJURY BY WIELDING OR THROWING 6 7 13
STRIKING AGAINST OR STEPPING ON MISCELLANEOUS 867 279 1,146
STRUCK AGAINST (STEPPING ON OBJECTS) 1 1
STRUCK BY OR INJURED BY MISCELLANEOUS 884 268 1,152
STRUCK OR INJURED BY FELLOW WORKER, PATIENT 1,056 291 1,347
TEMPERATURE EXTREMES 152 53 205
TRAIN ACCIDENT 1 1
USING TOOL OR MACHINE 149 86 235
VEHICLE UPSET 116 80 196
WELDING OPERATIONS 124 38 162
WIELDING, THROWING, HOLDING OR CARRYING 1 1
51
Table 2-16
Nature Reported in Occupational Injuries & Illnesses by Severity FY
2004
No Time Time Total
Nature Lost Lost Fatal Inj/Ill
ALL OTHER CUMULATIVE INJURIES, NOC 105 144 249
ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE 15 11 26
ALL OTHER SPECIFIC INJURIES, NOC 3,718 1,132 10 4,860
AMPUTATION 73 69 142
ANGINA PECTORIS (COND. ASSOC. WITH HEART
DISEASE) 3 3 6
ASBESTOSIS 2 2
ASPHYXIATION 2 2 1 5
BRUISE, CONTUSION, CRUSHING 2 2
BURN 1,146 354 1 1,501
CANCER 1 1
CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME 427 142 569
CONCUSSION 105 55 160
CONTAGIOUS DISEASE 212 15 227
CONTUSION 4,419 1,746 2 6,167
CRUSHING 278 138 416
DAMAGE TO PROSTHETIC DEVICES - GLASSES 4 4
DERMATITIS 444 101 545
DERMATITIS - CEMENT, RUBBER, POISON IVY 38 3 41
DISLOCATION 186 114 300
DUST DISEASE NOC (ALL OTHER PNEUMOCONIOSIS) 3 3 6
ELECTRIC SHOCK 79 14 93
ELECTRIC SHOCK, ELECTROCUTION 1 1
ENUCLEATION (TO REMOVE, EX: TUMOR, EYE, ETC.) 1 1
FOREIGN BODY 2,154 554 2,708
FRACTURE 1,136 889 2,025
FREEZING 4 3 7
HEARING LOSS (TRAUMATIC ONLY) 60 5 65
HEAT PROSTRATION 99 37 136
HERNIA 226 136 362
INFECTION 156 57 213
INFLAMMATION 1,589 362 1,951
LACERATION 7,284 1,850 9,134
LOSS OF HEARING 31 10 41
MENTAL DISORDER 2 2
MENTAL STRESS 22 6 28
MULTIPLE INJURIES 1 1
MULTIPLE INJURIES (PHYSICAL AND
PSYCHOLOGICAL) 9 6 15
MULTIPLE PHYSICAL INJURIES ONLY 213 84 297
MULTIPLE TYPES OF INJURY 1,136 194 14 1,344
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (HEART ATTACK) 7 14 6 27
NO EXPLANATION 5,987 909 9 6,905
NO INJURY OR ILLNESS 119 2 121
52

Nature Reported in Occupational Injuries & Illnesses by Severity
FY 2004
No Time Time Total
Nature Lost Lost Fatal Inj/Ill
NO PHYSICAL INJURY - (GLASSES, CONTACTS,
ARTIFICIAL APPLIANCE) 50 41 91
NONCLASSIFIABLE 41 13 54
OTHER INJURIES 2 2
POISONING - GENERAL (NOT OD OR CUMULATIVE
INJURY) 20 7 27
POISONING-CHEMICAL 4 8 12
POISONING-METAL 2 1 3
PUNCTURE 2,619 472 1 3,092
RESPIRATORY DISORDERS
(GASES,FUMES,CHEMICALS,ETC) 313 76 389
RUPTURE 21 16 37
SEVERANCE 61 49 110
SPRAIN 1,895 816 2,711
STRAIN 11,677 5,324 17,001
SYNCOPE - SWOONING, FAINTING, PASSING OUT; NO
OTHER INJURY 81 36 117
VASCULAR LOSS 2 1 3
VDT-RELATED DISEASE 1 1
VISION LOSS 14 3 17
53
Table 2-17
Body Member Reported in Occupational Injuries &
Illnesses by Severity FY 2004
ABDOMEN 5 2 7
ABDOMEN INCLUDING GROIN -
EXCLUDING INJURY TO
INTERNAL ORGANS 533 238 771
ANKLE 1,410 646 2,056
ARM 42 42
ARTIFICIAL APPLIANCE -
BRACES, ETC. 34 2 36
BACK 1 1 2
BODY PARTS, NEC 3 3
BODY SYSTEMS AND MULTIPLE
BODY SYSTEMS 88 78 166
BRAIN 9 24 33
BRAIN (SEIZURE) 1 1
BUTTOCKS - SOFT TISSUE 97 45 142
CHEST 2 2
CHEST (INC:RIBS, STERNUM) 598 272 1 871
DISC 53 64 117
EAR(S) 189 38 227
ELBOW 983 338 1,321
EYE(S) 2,733 704 3,437
FACE 21 21
FACIAL BONES 53 33 86
FINGER(S) 5,450 1,307 6,757
FOOT 1,195 460 1,655
FOREARM 29 29
GREAT TOE 33 29 62
HAND 2,967 838 3,805
HEAD 478 54 3 535
HEART 14 18 5 37
HIP 305 130 435
HIP(S) 5 5
INTERNAL ORGANS 130 45 175
JAW 3 3
KNEE 2,999 1,183 4,182
LARYNX 2 3 5
LEGS 8 1 9
LOW BACK AREA (LUMBAR,
LUMBOSACRAL) 4,429 2,068 6,497
LOWER ARM 1,203 403 1,606
LOWER EXTREMITIES, MULTIPLE 1 1
LOWER LEG 701 311 1 1,013
LUMBAR AND/OR SACRAL
VERTEBRAE (VERTEBRAE NOC
TRUNK) - SPINAL COLUMN BONE 7 16 23
54

Body Member Reported in Occupational Injuries &
Illnesses by Severity FY 2004
LUNGS 31 26 57
MOUTH 171 35 206
MOUTH (TEETH) 8 8
MULTIPLE BODY PARTS (INCLUDING
BODY SYSTEMS AND BODY PARTS) 1,811 994 6 2,811
MULTIPLE HEAD INJURY 348 220 568
MULTIPLE INJURIES 7 7
MULTIPLE LOWER EXTREMITIES 1,031 359 1,390
MULTIPLE MEMBERS INJURED 3,549 471 19 4,039
MULTIPLE NECK INJURIES 145 115 260
MULTIPLE TRUNK 998 337 1,335
MULTIPLE UPPER EXTREMITIES 3,222 687 3,909
NECK 16 16
NO EXPLANATION 749 89 7 845
NO PHYSICAL INJURY - MENTAL
DISORDER 100 46 146
NONCLASSIFIABLE - UNKNOWN 43 43
NOSE 145 46 191
OTHER FACIAL SOFT TISSUE 556 172 728
PELVIS 64 57 121
PROSTHETIC DEVICES 1 1
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM 8 8
SACRUM AND COCCYX 56 37 93
SHOULDER 90 3 93
SHOULDER(S) 2,122 875 2,997
SKULL 421 110 531
SOFT TISSUE 253 60 1 314
SPINAL CORD 8 14 22
TEETH 156 33 189
THIGH 222 121 343
THUMB 1,687 424 2,111
TOE(S) 344 97 441
TRACHEA 4 1 5
TRUNK 2 2
UNCLASSIFIED - INSUFFICIENT
INFORMATION TO IDENTIFY PART
AFFECTED 392 163 1 556
UPPER ARM - HUMERUS AND
CORRESPONDING MUSCLE 401 189 590
UPPER BACK AREA (THORACIC
AREA) 360 159 519
UPPER EXTREMITIES, MULTIPLE 13 13
VERTEBRAE 6 5 11
WRIST 1,856 658 2,514
WRIST(S) - AND HAND(S) 81 78 159
WRISTS (BI-LATERAL) 7 7
55
Table 2-18
Industries (SIC) Reporting Occupational Injuries & Illnesses by
Severity FY 2004
No Time Time Total
ABRASIVE PRODUCTS 1 1 2
ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE 34 22 56
ACCOUNTING, AUDITING, AND BOOKKEEPING
SERVICES 57 12 69
ADHESIVES AND SEALANTS 1 1
ADJUSTMENT AND COLLECTION SERVICES 17 4 21
ADMINISTRATION OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS 4 4
ADMINISTRATION OF GENERAL ECONOMIC
PROGRAMS 1 1
ADMINISTRATION OF HOUSING PROGRAMS 21 7 28
ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS 2 5 7
ADMINISTRATION OF SOCIAL, HUMAN RESOURCE AND
INCOME MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS 11 9 20
ADMINISTRATION OF URBAN PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT 2 2
ADVERTISING AGENCIES 3 3 6
AIR AND GAS COMPRESSORS 4 1 5
AIR AND WATER RESOURCE AND SOLID WASTE
MANAGEMENT 3 1 4
AIR COURIER SERVICES 6 14 20
AIR TRANSPORTATION, NONSCHEDULED 5 7 3 15
AIR TRANSPORTATION, SCHEDULED 17 4 21
AIR-CONDITIONING AND WARM AIR HEATING
EQUIPMENT AND COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL
REFRIGERATIO 96 5 101
AIRCRAFT 69 376 445
AIRCRAFT ENGINES AND ENGINE PARTS 10 3 13
AIRCRAFT PARTS AND AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT, NEC 201 73 1 275
AIRPORTS, FLYING FIELDS, AND AIRPORT TERMINAL
SERVICES 9 1 10
ALUMINUM EXTRUDED PRODUCTS 2 2
ALUMINUM FOUNDRIES 2 2 4
AMMUNITION, EXCEPT FOR SMALL ARMS 24 1 25
AMUSEMENT AND RECREATION SERVICES, NEC 146 10 156
AMUSEMENT PARKS 6 2 8
ANIMAL AND MARINE FATS AND OILS 7 2 9
ANIMAL SPECIALTY SERVICES, EXCEPT VETERINARY 6 6
ARBORETA AND BOTANICAL OR ZOOLOGICAL
GARDENS 3 3
ARCHITECTURAL AND ORNAMENTAL METAL WORK 11 7 18
ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES 5 2 7
ARMATURE REWINDING SHOPS 2 2 4
ARRANGEMENT OF PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION,
NEC 1 1
ARRANGEMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT
AND CARGO 39 6 45
ASBESTOS PRODUCTS 1 1
56

Severity FY 2004
No Time Time Total
ASPHALT FELTS AND COATINGS 6 6
ASPHALT PAVING MIXTURES AND BLOCKS 1 2 3
AUTO AND HOME SUPPLY STORES 478 315 793
AUTOMATIC CONTROLS FOR REGULATING
RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENTS AND
APPLIANCES 1 1
AUTOMATIC MERCHANDISING MACHINE OPERATOR 20 12 32
AUTOMOBILE PARKING 1 1
AUTOMOBILES AND OTHER MOTOR VEHICLES 24 14 38
AUTOMOTIVE DEALERS, NEC 4 2 6
AUTOMOTIVE EXHAUST SYSTEM REPAIR SHOPS 2 2
AUTOMOTIVE GLASS REPLACEMENT SHOPS 31 4 35
AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOPS, NEC 12 13 25
AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES, EXCEPT REPAIR AND
CARWASHES 11 8 19
AUTOMOTIVE TRIMMINGS, APPAREL FINDINGS, AND
RELATED PRODUCTS 4 5 9
BALL AND ROLLER BEARINGS 1 1
BANDS, ORCHESTRAS, ACTORS, AND OTHER
ENTERTAINERS AND ENTERTAINMENT GROUPS 3 3
BEAUTY SHOPS 24 8 32
BEEF CATTLE FEEDLOTS 156 70 2 228
BEEF CATTLE, EXCEPT FEEDLOTS 5 9 14
BEER AND ALE 22 20 42
BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS, EXCEPT DIAGNOSTIC
SUBSTANCES 1 1 2
BITUMINOUS COAL AND LIGNITE SURFACE MINING 2 2 4
BLANKBOOKS, LOOSE-LEAF BINDERS AND DEVICES 24 3 27
BOAT BUILDING AND REPAIRING 79 11 90
BOAT DEALERS 3 1 4
BOLTS, NUTS, SCREWS, RIVETS, AND WASHERS 2 2
BOOK STORES 20 13 33
BOOKBINDING AND RELATED WORK 2 2 4
BOOKS, PERIODICALS, AND NEWSPAPERS 18 2 20
BOOKS: PUBLISHING, OR PUBLISHING AND PRINTING 43 1 44
BOTTLED AND CANNED SOFT DRINKS AND
CARBONATED WATERS 107 31 138
BOWLING CENTERS 6 4 10
BREAD AND OTHER BAKERY PRODUCTS, EXCEPT
COOKIES AND CRACKERS 107 25 132
BRICK AND STRUCTURAL CLAY TILE 18 1 19
BRICK, STONE AND RELATED CONSTRUCTION
MATERIALS 17 8 25
BRIDGE, TUNNEL, AND ELEVATED HIGHWAY
CONSTRUCTION 35 13 48
BROADWOVEN FABRIC MILLS, MANMADE FIBER AND
SILK 8 1 9
BROILER, FRYERS, AND ROASTER CHICKENS 2 2
57

Severity FY 2004
No Time Time Total
BROOMS AND BRUSHES 12 13 25
BUILDING CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES,
NEC 156 73 229
BURIAL CASKETS 1 1
BUS CHARTER SERVICE, EXCEPT LOCAL 1 4 5
BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS 10 6 16
BUSINESS CONSULTING SERVICES, NEC 6 8 14
BUSINESS SERVICES, NEC 1,101 319 1,420
CABLE AND OTHER PAY TELEVISION SERVICES 42 6 48
CAMERA AND PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLY STORES 30 30
CANDY AND OTHER CONFECTIONERY PRODUCTS 111 13 124
CANNED FRUITS, VEGETABLES, PRESERVES, JAMS,
AND JELLIES 1 1
CANVAS AND RELATED PRODUCTS 18 26 44
CARBON BLACK 1 1
CARBURETORS, PISTONS, PISTON RINGS, AND
VALVES 2 2
CARPENTRY WORK 102 92 194
CARPET AND UPHOLSTERY CLEANING 17 7 24
CARPETS AND RUGS 2 1 3
CARWASHES 37 13 50
CASH GRAINS, NEC 4 3 7
CATALOG AND MAIL-ORDER HOUSES 32 17 49
CEMENT, HYDRAULIC 40 16 56
CEMETERY SUBDIVIDERS AND DEVELOPERS 7 4 11
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS, NEC 9 6 15
CHEMICALS AND CHEMICAL PREPARATIONS, NEC 32 3 1 36
CHICKEN EGGS 1 1
CHILD DAY CARE SERVICES 65 41 106
CHILDREN'S AND INFANTS' WEAR STORES 7 7
CIGARETTES 9 9
CIVIC, SOCIAL, AND FRATERNAL ASSOCIATIONS 86 30 116
CLAY REFRACTORIES 2 1 3
COATED AND LAMINATED PAPER, NEC 9 2 11
COATING, ENGRAVING, AND ALLIED SERVICES, NEC 21 2 23
COIN-OPERATED AMUSEMENT DEVICES 1 1
COIN-OPERATED LAUNDRIES AND DRYCLEANING 1 3 4
COLD-ROLLED STEEL SHEET, STRIP, AND BARS 6 6
COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, AND PROFESSIONAL
SCHOOLS 131 25 156
COMBINATION UTILITIES, NEC 60 11 71
COMMERCIAL ART AND GRAPHIC DESIGN 1 2 3
COMMERCIAL BANKS, NEC 4 4
COMMERCIAL ECONOMIC, SOCIOLOGICAL, AND
EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH 5 5
COMMERCIAL EQUIPMENT, NEC 31 4 35
58

Severity FY 2004
No Time Time Total
COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHY 5 5
COMMERCIAL PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH 12 12
COMMERCIAL PRINTING, GRAVURE 1 4 5
COMMERCIAL PRINTING, LITHOGRAPHIC 77 17 94
COMMERCIAL PRINTING, NEC 53 16 69
COMMODITY CONTRACTS BROKERS AND DEALERS 1 1
COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT, NEC 7 1 8
COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, NEC 6 1 7
COMPUTER AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE STORES 1 3 4
COMPUTER INTEGRATED SYSTEMS DESIGN 14 2 16
COMPUTER MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR 4 2 6
COMPUTER PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT, NEC 48 2 50
COMPUTER PROCESSING AND DATA PREPARATION
AND PROCESSING SERVICES 20 6 26
COMPUTER PROGRAMMING SERVICES 34 2 36
COMPUTER RELATED SERVICES, NEC 11 11
COMPUTERS AND COMPUTER PERIPHERAL
EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE 4 2 6
CONCRETE BLOCK AND BRICK 2 2
CONCRETE PRODUCTS, EXCEPT BLOCK AND BRICK 41 18 59
CONCRETE WORK 113 81 194
CONFECTIONERY 14 2 16
CONSTRUCTION AND MINING (EXCEPT PETROLEUM)
MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 26 8 34
CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 39 21 60
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, NEC 29 11 40
CONSTRUCTION SAND AND GRAVEL 11 7 18
CONVERTED PAPER AND PAPERBOARD PRODUCTS,
NEC 13 2 15
CONVEYORS AND CONVEYING EQUIPMENT 33 20 53
CORN 1 1
CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS 33 23 56
CORRUGATED AND SOLID FIBER BOXES 15 1 16
COTTON 2 3 1 6
COURIER SERVICES EXCEPT BY AIR 25 15 40
CREAMERY BUTTER 2 2
CREDIT REPORTING SERVICES 54 8 62
CREDIT UNIONS, FEDERALLY CHARTERED 3 1 4
CREDIT UNIONS, NOT FEDERALLY CHARTERED 4 4
CROP HARVESTING, PRIMARILY BY MACHINE 4 1 5
CROP PLANTING, CULTIVATING, AND PROTECTING 6 3 9
CROP PREPARATION SERVICES FOR MARKET,
EXCEPT COTTON GINNING 5 5
CRUDE PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS 71 25 96
CRUDE PETROLEUM PIPELINES 5 10 15
CRUSHED AND BROKEN LIMESTONE 11 5 16
59

Severity FY 2004
No Time Time Total
CRUSHED AND BROKEN STONE, NEC 2 1 3
CURRENT-CARRYING WIRING DEVICES 5 2 7
CUT STONE AND STONE PRODUCTS 3 6 9
CUTTING TOOLS, MACHINE TOOL ACCESSORIES, AND
MACHINISTS' PRECISION MEASURING DEVICES 2 3 5
DAIRY FARMS 23 10 33
DAIRY PRODUCTS STORES 1 1
DAIRY PRODUCTS, EXCEPT DRIED OR CANNED 4 1 5
DANCE STUDIOS, SCHOOLS, AND HALLS 1 1
DATA PROCESSING SCHOOLS 1 1
DECIDUOUS TREE FRUITS 1 1
DENTAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES 13 13
DENTAL LABORATORIES 2 1 3
DEPARTMENT STORES 875 218 1,093
DETECTIVE, GUARD, AND ARMORED CAR SERVICES 62 18 80
DIMENSION STONE 2 4 6
DIRECT MAIL ADVERTISING SERVICES 30 10 40
DIRECT SELLING ESTABLISHMENTS 15 3 18
DISINFECTING AND PEST CONTROL SERVICES 24 12 36
DISTILLED AND BLENDED LIQUORS 44 32 76
DOG AND CAT FOOD 121 10 131
DRAPERY HARDWARE AND WINDOW BLINDS AND
SHADES 1 1
DRAWING AND INSULATING OF NONFERROUS WIRE 7 6 13
DRILLING OIL AND GAS WELLS 35 17 1 53
DRINKING PLACES (ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES) 30 14 44
DRIVE-IN MOTION PICTURE THEATERS 5 5
DRUG STORES AND PROPRIETARY STORES 32 17 49
DRUGS, DRUG PROPRIETARIES, AND DRUGGISTS'
SUNDRIES 13 3 16
DRY, CONDENSED, AND EVAPORATED DAIRY
PRODUCTS 1 1
DRYCLEANING PLANTS, EXCEPT RUG CLEANING 6 2 8
DURABLE GOODS, NEC 51 12 63
EATING AND DRINKING PLACES 1,885 580 1 2,466
ELECTRIC AND GAS WELDING AND SOLDERING
EQUIPMENT 2 2
ELECTRIC AND OTHER SERVICES COMBINED 11 4 15
ELECTRIC SERVICES 210 64 274
ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC REPAIR SHOPS, NEC 4 3 7
ELECTRICAL APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT WIRING
SUPPLIES, AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS 139 10 149
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES, TELEVISION AND RADIO
SETS 1 1
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT FOR INTERNAL
COMBUSTION ENGINES 28 7 35
60

Severity FY 2004
No Time Time Total
ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIAL APPARATUS, NEC 3 3
ELECTRICAL WORK 257 87 344
ELECTRONIC COILS, TRANSFORMERS, AND OTHER
INDUCTORS 2 2
ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, NEC 3 4 7
ELECTRONIC PARTS AND EQUIPMENT, NEC 23 5 28
ELECTROPLATING, PLATING, POLISHING, ANODIZING,
AND COLORING 12 8 20
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS 162 101 263
EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES 203 75 278
ENGINEERING SERVICES 37 6 43
ENVELOPES 36 3 39
EQUIPMENT RENTAL AND LEASING, NEC 51 29 80
EXCAVATION WORK 44 32 76
EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE OFFICES, COMBINED 2,031 563 1 2,595
EXPLOSIVES 2 2 4
FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS, NEC 49 4 53
FABRICATED PIPE AND PIPE FITTINGS 5 2 7
FABRICATED PLATE WORK (BOILER SHOPS) 74 14 88
FABRICATED RUBBER PRODUCTS, NEC 3 3 6
FABRICATED STRUCTURAL METAL 29 12 41
FABRICATED TEXTILE PRODUCTS, NEC 2 2
FACILITIES SUPPORT MANAGEMENT SERVICES 19 5 24
FAMILY CLOTHING STORES 60 11 71
FARM AND GARDEN MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 207 107 314
FARM LABOR CONTRACTORS AND CREW LEADERS 1 1 2
FARM MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 265 65 330
FARM PRODUCT WAREHOUSING AND STORAGE 9 5 14
FARM SUPPLIES 41 17 58
FARM-PRODUCT RAW MATERIALS, NEC 3 3
FEDERAL AND FEDERALLY-SPONSORED CREDIT
AGENCIES 1 1
FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS 2 2
FERTILIZERS, MIXING ONLY 9 1 10
FIELD CROPS, EXCEPT CASH GRAINS, NEC 2 2
FINISHERS OF BROADWOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON 1 1
FIRE PROTECTION 24 8 32
FIRE, MARINE, AND CASUALTY INSURANCE 18 7 25
FISH AND SEAFOODS 2 2
FLAT GLASS 61 6 67
FLOOR COVERING STORES 74 26 100
FLOOR LAYING AND OTHER FLOOR WORK, NEC 21 24 45
FLORISTS 11 11 22
FLOUR AND OTHER GRAIN MILL PRODUCTS 103 16 119
61

Severity FY 2004
No Time Time Total
FLOWERS, NURSERY STOCK, AND FLORISTS'
SUPPLIES 8 3 11
FLUID MILK 6 10 16
FLUID POWER PUMPS AND MOTORS 39 7 46
FLUID POWER VALVES AND HOSE FITTINGS 2 2
FOOD CROPS GROWN UNDER COVER 1 1
FOOD PREPARATIONS, NEC 9 6 15
FOOD PRODUCTS MACHINERY 2 4 6
FOOTWEAR 58 1 59
FORESTRY SERVICES 1 1
FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 12 11 23
FROZEN SPECIALTIES, NEC 273 14 287
FRUIT AND VEGETABLE MARKETS 1 1
FUNCTIONS RELATED TO DEPOSIT BANKING, NEC 3 3
FUNERAL SERVICES AND CREMATORIES 14 3 17
FURNITURE 62 40 102
FURNITURE AND FIXTURES, NEC 1 2 3
FURNITURE STORES 61 23 84
GARMENT PRESSING, AND AGENTS FOR LAUNDRIES
AND DRYCLEANERS 4 5 9
GAS AND OTHER SERVICES COMBINED 4 4
GASKETS, PACKING, AND SEALING DEVICES 3 3
GASOLINE SERVICE STATIONS 58 25 83
GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOPS 61 40 101
GENERAL CONTRACTORS-INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS
AND WAREHOUSES 70 28 1 99
GENERAL CONTRACTORS-NONRESIDENTIAL
BUILDINGS, OTHER THAN INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS AND
WAREHOUS 254 50 304
GENERAL CONTRACTORS-RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS,
OTHER THAN SINGLE-FAMILY 22 13 35
GENERAL CONTRACTORS-SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSES 360 206 566
GENERAL FARMS, PRIMARILY CROP 16 4 20
GENERAL FARMS, PRIMARILY LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL
SPECIALTIES 14 11 25
GENERAL GOVERNMENT, NEC 17 17
GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT,
NEC 1 1
GENERAL MEDICAL AND SURGICAL HOSPITALS 1,903 743 2,646
GENERAL WAREHOUSING AND STORAGE 34 23 57
GIFT, NOVELTY, AND SOUVENIR SHOPS 23 5 28
GLASS AND GLAZING WORK 25 43 68
GLASS PRODUCTS, MADE OF PURCHASED GLASS 16 1 17
GRAIN AND FIELD BEANS 59 36 1 96
GRAY AND DUCTILE IRON FOUNDRIES 32 5 37
GREETING CARDS 54 105 159
GROCERIES AND RELATED PRODUCTS, NEC 87 17 104
62

Severity FY 2004
No Time Time Total
GROCERIES, GENERAL LINE 70 42 112
GROCERY STORES 968 193 2 1,163
GUM AND WOOD CHEMICALS 7 2 9
GYPSUM PRODUCTS 2 2
HAND AND EDGE TOOLS, EXCEPT MACHINE TOOLS
AND HANDSAWS 1 1 2
HARDWARE 26 9 35
HARDWARE STORES 44 17 61
HARDWARE, NEC 27 5 32
HEALTH AND ALLIED SERVICES, NEC 229 15 244
HEATING EQUIPMENT, EXCEPT ELECTRIC AND WARM
AIR FURNACES 59 3 62
HEAVY CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT RENTAL AND
LEASING 2 2
HEAVY CONSTRUCTION, NEC 80 27 107
HELP SUPPLY SERVICES 515 153 668
HIGHWAY AND STREET CONSTRUCTION, EXCEPT
ELEVATED HIGHWAYS 161 33 3 197
HOBBY, TOY, AND GAME SHOPS 39 7 46
HOGS 15 9 24
HOME FURNISHINGS 4 3 7
HOME HEALTH CARE SERVICES 100 47 147
HORSES AND OTHER EQUINES 3 3
HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL SERVICE PLANS 57 3 60
HOTELS AND MOTELS 274 94 368
HOUSEFURNISHINGS, EXCEPT CURTAINS AND
DRAPERIES 17 2 19
HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE STORES 21 5 26
HOUSEHOLD AUDIO AND VIDEO EQUIPMENT 2 1 3
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, NEC 1 1
HOUSEHOLD REFRIGERATORS AND HOME AND FARM
FREEZERS 158 4 162
HUNTING AND TRAPPING, AND GAME PROPAGATION 4 3 7
ICE CREAM AND FROZEN DESSERTS 2 2 4
IN VITRO AND IN VIVO DIAGNOSTIC SUBSTANCES 21 21
INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY SOCIAL SERVICES 220 113 333
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FANS AND BLOWERS
AND AIR PURIFICATION EQUIPMENT 1 2 3
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL MACHINERY AND
EQUIPMENT, NEC 98 50 148
INDUSTRIAL AND PERSONAL SERVICE PAPER 13 4 17
INDUSTRIAL GASES 3 1 4
INDUSTRIAL INORGANIC CHEMICALS, NEC 8 1 9
INDUSTRIAL INSTRUMENTS FOR MEASUREMENT,
DISPLAY, AND CONTROL OF PROCESS VARIABLES;
AND REL 7 2 9
INDUSTRIAL LAUNDERERS 27 10 37
63

Severity FY 2004
No Time Time Total
INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 77 34 1 112
INDUSTRIAL ORGANIC CHEMICALS, NEC 5 5
INDUSTRIAL PATTERNS 13 4 17
INDUSTRIAL PROCESS FURNACES AND OVENS 69 10 79
INDUSTRIAL SAND 3 3
INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES 19 3 22
INDUSTRIAL TRUCKS, TRACTORS, TRAILERS, AND
STACKERS 13 7 20
INDUSTRIAL VALVES 44 4 48
INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SERVICES 38 8 46
INSTALLATION OR ERECTION OF BUILDING
EQUIPMENT, NEC 42 5 47
INSTRUMENTS FOR MEASURING AND TESTING OF
ELECTRICITY AND ELECTRICAL SIGNALS 4 4
INSURANCE AGENTS, BROKERS, AND SERVICE 52 17 69
INTERCITY AND RURAL BUS TRANSPORTATION 4 4
INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES 227 37 264
INVESTMENT ADVICE 1 1
INVESTORS, NEC 1 1
IRON AND STEEL FORGINGS 12 1 13
IRRIGATION SYSTEMS 3 3
JEWELRY STORES 11 2 13
JEWELRY, WATCHES, PRECIOUS STONES, AND
PRECIOUS METALS 9 2 11
JOB TRAINING AND VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION
SERVICES 255 99 354
JUNIOR COLLEGES AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTES 97 63 160
KIDNEY DIALYSIS CENTERS 15 15
KNIT UNDERWEAR AND NIGHTWEAR MILLS 7 7
LABOR UNIONS AND SIMILAR LABOR ORGANIZATIONS 3 1 4
LABORATORY ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTS 1 1
LABORATORY APPARATUS AND FURNITURE 22 2 24
LAMINATED PLASTICS PLATE, SHEET, AND PROFILE
SHAPES 6 1 7
LAND SUBDIVIDERS AND DEVELOPERS, EXCEPT
CEMETERIES 9 2 11
LAND, MINERAL, WILDLIFE, AND FOREST
CONSERVATION 1 2 3
LANDSCAPE COUNSELING AND PLANNING 51 24 75
LAUNDRY AND GARMENT SERVICES, NEC 2 2
LAWN AND GARDEN SERVICES 46 47 93
LAWN AND GARDEN TRACTORS AND HOME LAWN AND
GARDEN EQUIPMENT 27 5 32
LEATHER GOODS, NEC 5 5
LEATHER TANNING AND FINISHING 1 1
LEGAL SERVICES 37 7 44
64

Severity FY 2004
No Time Time Total
LEGISLATIVE BODIES 19 19
LESSORS OF REAL PROPERTY, NEC 14 4 18
LIBRARIES 15 5 20
LIFE INSURANCE 49 16 65
LIGHTING EQUIPMENT, NEC 2 2
LIME 1 1
LINEN SUPPLY 19 6 25
LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS (BOTTLED GAS)
DEALERS 4 5 9
LIQUOR STORES 12 5 17
LIVESTOCK 25 24 49
LIVESTOCK SERVICES, EXCEPT VETERINARY 2 7 9
LOAN BROKERS 4 4
LOCAL AND SUBURBAN TRANSIT 2 2
LOCAL BUS CHARTER SERVICE 1 1 2
LOCAL PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION, NEC 6 2 8
LOCAL TRUCKING WITH STORAGE 12 11 23
LOCAL TRUCKING WITHOUT STORAGE 157 98 3 258
LUBRICATING OILS AND GREASES 20 9 29
LUGGAGE AND LEATHER GOODS STORES 1 1
LUMBER AND OTHER BUILDING MATERIALS DEALERS 351 60 2 413
LUMBER, PLYWOOD, MILLWORK, AND WOOD PANELS 22 10 32
MACARONI, SPAGHETTI, VERMICELLI, AND NOODLES 8 8
MACHINE TOOLS, METAL CUTTING TYPE 4 2 6
MACHINE TOOLS, METAL FORMING TYPE 5 1 6
MAGNETIC AND OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIA 2 2
MANAGEMENT CONSULTING SERVICES 63 12 75
MANAGEMENT SERVICES 108 27 135
MANIFOLD BUSINESS FORMS 54 26 80
MANUFACTURED ICE 1 1
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, NEC 38 15 53
MARINAS 1 1
MASONRY, STONE SETTING, AND OTHER STONE
WORK 44 37 81
MATTRESSES, FOUNDATIONS, AND CONVERTIBLE
BEDS 20 10 30
MEAT AND FISH (SEAFOOD) MARKETS, INCLUDING
FREEZER PROVISIONERS 20 5 25
MEAT PACKING PLANTS 1,416 105 1,521
MEATS AND MEAT PRODUCTS 193 24 217
MECHANICAL POWER TRANSMISSION EQUIPMENT,
NEC 2 2
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT RENTAL AND LEASING 14 14
MEDICAL LABORATORIES 111 80 191
65

Severity FY 2004
No Time Time Total
MEDICAL, DENTAL, AND HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT AND
SUPPLIES 14 2 16
MEDICINAL CHEMICALS AND BOTANICAL PRODUCTS 10 2 12
MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS, NEC 35 15 50
MEMBERSHIP SPORTS AND RECREATION CLUBS 107 50 157
MEN'S AND BOYS' CLOTHING AND ACCESSORY
STORES 7 2 9
MEN'S AND BOYS' CLOTHING AND FURNISHINGS 2 2
MEN'S AND BOYS' SHIRTS, EXCEPT WORK SHIRTS 7 2 9
MEN'S AND BOYS' WORK CLOTHING 2 2
MEN'S FOOTWEAR, EXCEPT ATHLETIC 1 1
METAL DOORS, SASH, FRAMES, MOLDING, AND TRIM
MANUFACTURING 118 14 132
METAL HEAT TREATING 25 25
METAL SHIPPING BARRELS, DRUMS, KEGS, AND PAILS 7 7
METAL STAMPING, NEC 19 1 20
METALS SERVICE CENTERS AND OFFICES 83 19 102
METALWORKING MACHINERY, NEC 1 1
MILLWORK 68 16 84
MINERAL WOOL 9 3 12
MINERALS AND EARTHS, GROUND OR OTHERWISE
TREATED 2 1 3
MISCELLANEOUS APPAREL AND ACCESSORY STORES 69 8 77
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS CREDIT INSTITUTIONS 1 2 3
MISCELLANEOUS FABRICATED WIRE PRODUCTS 1 1 2
MISCELLANEOUS FOOD STORES 19 9 28
MISCELLANEOUS GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES 102 27 129
MISCELLANEOUS HOMEFURNISHINGS STORES 25 5 30
MISCELLANEOUS PERSONAL SERVICES, NEC 7 5 12
MISCELLANEOUS PUBLISHING 68 6 74
MISCELLANEOUS RETAIL STORES, NEC 224 36 260
MISCELLANEOUS STRUCTURAL METAL WORK 20 4 24
MOBILE HOME DEALERS 6 3 9
MOBILE HOMES 12 2 14
MOLDED, EXTRUDED, AND LATHE-CUT MECHANICAL
RUBBER GOODS 6 1 7
MOTION PICTURE THEATERS, EXCEPT DRIVE-IN 34 2 36
MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS (NEW AND USED) 261 207 468
MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS (USED ONLY) 22 10 32
MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS AND ACCESSORIES 158 40 198
MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS, USED 1 1 2
MOTOR VEHICLE SUPPLIES AND NEW PARTS 105 49 154
MOTOR VEHICLES AND PASSENGER CAR BODIES 26 12 38
66

Severity FY 2004
No Time Time Total
MOTORCYCLE DEALERS 8 8
MOTORCYCLES, BICYCLES, AND PARTS 1 1 2
MOTORS AND GENERATORS 21 3 24
MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES 10 3 13
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT STORES 1 1
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS 2 3 5
NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS 28 9 37
NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION 6 6
NATURAL GAS LIQUIDS 1 1
NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION 8 1 9
NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION 24 1 25
NEWSPAPERS: PUBLISHING, OR PUBLISHING AND
PRINTING 108 17 125
NITROGENOUS FERTILIZERS 4 4
NONCLAY REFRACTORIES 1 1
NONDURABLE GOODS, NEC 37 13 50
NONMETALLIC MINERAL PRODUCTS, NEC 2 2
NURSING AND PERSONAL CARE FACILITIES, NEC 286 53 339
OFFICE AND STORE FIXTURES, PARTITIONS, SHELVING,
AND LOCKERS, EXCEPT WOOD 1 1
OFFICE EQUIPMENT 17 3 20
OFFICE MACHINES, NEC 12 1 13
OFFICES AND CLINICS OF CHIROPRACTORS 1 1
OFFICES AND CLINICS OF DENTISTS 20 6 26
OFFICES AND CLINICS OF DOCTORS OF MEDICINE 316 91 407
OFFICES AND CLINICS OF DOCTORS OF OSTEOPATHY 4 2 6
OFFICES AND CLINICS OF HEALTH PRACTITIONERS, NEC 37 6 43
OFFICES AND CLINICS OF OPTOMETRISTS 5 1 6
OFFICES AND CLINICS OF PODIATRISTS 1 1
OFFICES OF BANK HOLDING COMPANIES 1 1
OFFICES OF HOLDING COMPANIES, NEC 12 3 15
OIL AND GAS FIELD EXPLORATION SERVICES 22 8 30
OIL AND GAS FIELD MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 4 3 7
OIL AND GAS FIELD SERVICES, NEC 105 82 187
OIL ROYALTY TRADERS 2 1 3
OPERATIVE BUILDERS 1 1
OPERATORS OF APARTMENT BUILDINGS 99 27 126
OPERATORS OF DWELLINGS OTHER THAN APARTMENT
BUILDINGS 7 4 11
OPERATORS OF NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS 23 3 26
OPERATORS OF RESIDENTIAL MOBILE HOME SITES 6 3 9
OPHTHALMIC GOODS 6 1 7
OPTICAL GOODS STORES 4 4
OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS AND LENSES 8 8
67

Severity FY 2004
No Time Time Total
ORGANIZATION HOTELS AND LODGING HOUSES, ON
MEMBERSHIP BASIS 1 1
ORNAMENTAL FLORICULTURE AND NURSERY
PRODUCTS 20 7 27
ORNAMENTAL SHRUB AND TREE SERVICES 24 8 32
ORTHOPEDIC, PROSTHETIC, AND SURGICAL
APPLIANCES AND SUPPLIES 24 6 30
OUTDOOR ADVERTISING SERVICES 1 1 2
PACKAGED FROZEN FOODS 4 2 6
PACKAGING MACHINERY 3 3
PACKAGING PAPER AND PLASTICS FILM, COATED AND
LAMINATED 12 1 13
PAINT, GLASS, AND WALLPAPER STORES 11 2 13
PAINT, VARNISHES, AND SUPPLIES 2 1 3
PAINTING AND PAPER HANGING 58 28 86
PAINTS, VARNISHES, LACQUERS, ENAMELS, AND ALLIED
PRODUCTS 3 3
PAPER INDUSTRIES MACHINERY 2 2
PAPER MILLS 1 1 2
PASSENGER CAR LEASING 3 1 4
PASSENGER CAR RENTAL 5 1 6
PENSION, HEALTH, AND WELFARE FUNDS 2 2
PERIODICALS: PUBLISHING, OR PUBLISHING AND
PRINTING 6 10 16
PESTICIDES AND AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, NEC 2 3 5
PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
WHOLESALERS, EXCEPT BULK STATIONS AND
TERMINALS 12 7 19
PETROLEUM BULK STATIONS AND TERMINALS 23 4 27
PETROLEUM REFINING 29 18 47
PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS 44 12 56
PHOTOCOPYING AND DUPLICATING SERVICES 7 7
PHOTOFINISHING LABORATORIES 2 1 3
PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIOS, PORTRAIT 12 2 14
PHYSICAL FITNESS FACILITIES 5 2 7
PICKLED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, VEGETABLE
SAUCES AND SEASONINGS, AND SALAD DRESSINGS 2 2
PIECE GOODS, NOTIONS, AND OTHER DRY GOODS 2 2
PLASTERING, DRYWALL, ACOUSTICAL, AND INSULATION
WORK 125 56 181
PLASTICS BOTTLES 1 1
PLASTICS FOAM PRODUCTS 8 15 23
PLASTICS MATERIAL AND SYNTHETIC RESINS, AND
NONVULCANIZABLE ELASTOMERS 15 4 19
PLASTICS PIPE 6 3 9
PLASTICS PLUMBING FIXTURES 23 5 28
PLASTICS PRODUCTS, NEC 128 20 148
PLASTICS, FOIL, AND COATED PAPER BAGS 63 20 83
68

Severity FY 2004
No Time Time Total
PLATEMAKING AND RELATED SERVICES 4 4 8
PLUMBING AND HEATING EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES
(HYDRONICS) 33 2 35
PLUMBING, HEATING, AND AIR-CONDITIONING 368 168 536
POLICE PROTECTION 48 3 51
POULTRY AND EGGS, NEC 2 2
POULTRY HATCHERIES 1 1
POULTRY SLAUGHTERING AND PROCESSING 5 5
POWER LAUNDRIES, FAMILY AND COMMERCIAL 9 1 10
POWER, DISTRIBUTION, AND SPECIALTY
TRANSFORMERS 26 28 54
POWER-DRIVEN HANDTOOLS 1 1
PREFABRICATED METAL BUILDINGS AND COMPONENTS 32 7 39
PREFABRICATED WOOD BUILDINGS AND COMPONENTS 5 11 16

PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE 3 3
PREPARED FEED AND FEED INGREDIENTS FOR ANIMALS
AND FOWLS, EXCEPT DOGS AND CATS 17 6 23
PREPARED FLOUR MIXES AND DOUGHS 11 11
PREPARED FRESH OR FROZEN FISH AND SEAFOODS 1 1
PRESSED AND BLOWN GLASS AND GLASSWARE, NEC 4 4
PRIMARY BATTERIES, DRY AND WET 17 1 18
PRIMARY METAL PRODUCTS, NEC 1 1 2
PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS 5 1 6
PRINTING AND WRITING PAPER 1 2 3
PRINTING INK 12 4 16
PRINTING TRADES MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 16 16
PRIVATE HOUSEHOLDS 12 18 30
PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND COAL, NEC 1 1 2
PROFESSIONAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, NEC 2 2
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS 5 1 6
PROFESSIONAL SPORTS CLUBS AND PROMOTERS 17 10 27
PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS 21 32 53
PUBLIC BUILDING AND RELATED FURNITURE 1 1
PUBLIC GOLF COURSES 7 3 10
PUBLIC RELATIONS SERVICES 3 3
PUMPS AND PUMPING EQUIPMENT 13 5 1 19
RACING, INCLUDING TRACK OPERATIONS 5 8 1 14
RADIO AND TELEVISION REPAIR SHOPS 2 1 3
RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS 10 2 12
RADIO, TELEVISION, AND CONSUMER ELECTRONICS
STORES 26 25 51
RADIOTELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS 43 12 55
RAILROAD EQUIPMENT 6 4 10
RAILROADS, LINE-HAUL OPERATING 1 1
69

Severity FY 2004
No Time Time Total
READY-MIXED CONCRETE 69 33 1 103
REAL ESTATE AGENTS AND MANAGERS 213 28 241
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS 8 1 9
RECORD AND PRERECORDED TAPE STORES 3 1 4
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE DEALERS 8 1 9
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARKS AND CAMPSITES 2 1 3
REFINED PETROLEUM PIPELINES 2 2
REFRIGERATED WAREHOUSING AND STORAGE 8 4 12
REFRIGERATION AND AIR-CONDITIONING SERVICES AND
REPAIR SHOPS 9 2 11
REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES 1 8 9
REFUSE SYSTEMS 226 29 255
REGULATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF
COMMUNICATIONS, ELECTRIC, GAS, AND OTHER
UTILITIES 10 10
REGULATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF
TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS 5 5
REGULATION OF AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AND
COMMODITIES 3 3 6
RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS 69 30 99
REPAIR SHOPS AND RELATED SERVICES, NEC 62 16 78
RESIDENTIAL CARE 294 98 392
RESIDENTIAL ELECTRIC LIGHTING FIXTURES 5 5
RETAIL BAKERIES 14 3 17
RETAIL NURSERIES, LAWN AND GARDEN SUPPLY
STORES 14 14 28
REUPHOLSTERY AND FURNITURE REPAIR 3 3
RICE MILLING 3 3
ROLLING MILL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 20 20
ROLLING, DRAWING, AND EXTRUDING OF COPPER 24 24
ROOFING, SIDING, AND INSULATION MATERIALS 19 3 22
ROOFING, SIDING, AND SHEET METAL WORK 104 68 172
RUBBER AND PLASTICS HOSE AND BELTING 45 4 49
SANITARY SERVICES, NEC 5 3 8
SAUSAGES AND OTHER PREPARED MEATS 148 33 181
SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS, FEDERALLY CHARTERED 52 3 55
SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS, NOT FEDERALLY CHARTERED 2 2
SAWMILLS AND PLANING MILLS, GENERAL 5 5
SCALES AND BALANCES, EXCEPT LABORATORY 1 1 2
SCHIFFLI MACHINE EMBROIDERIES 3 3
SCHOOL BUSES 34 7 41
SCHOOLS AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, NEC 50 20 70
SCRAP AND WASTE MATERIALS 76 38 114
SEARCH, DETECTION, NAVIGATION, GUIDANCE,
AERONAUTICAL, AND NAUTICAL SYSTEMS AND
INSTRUMENTS 45 11 56
70

Severity FY 2004
No Time Time Total
SECONDARY SMELTING AND REFINING OF NONFERROUS
METALS 5 1 6
SECRETARIAL AND COURT REPORTING SERVICES 3 1 4
SECURITY AND COMMODITY EXCHANGES 1 1
SECURITY BROKERS, DEALERS, AND FLOTATION
COMPANIES 30 4 34
SECURITY SYSTEMS SERVICES 29 6 35
SEMICONDUCTORS AND RELATED DEVICES 6 1 7
SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES 19 3 22
SERVICE INDUSTRY MACHINERY, NEC 12 1 13
SERVICES ALLIED WITH THE EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES
OR COMMODITIES, NEC 2 2
SERVICES, NEC 141 56 197
SETUP PAPERBOARD BOXES 4 4
SEWERAGE SYSTEMS 1 1 2
SEWING, NEEDLEWORK, AND PIECE GOODS STORES 20 10 30
SHEET METAL WORK 34 8 42
SHIP BUILDING AND REPAIRING 3 3
SHOE STORES 21 1 22
SHORT-TERM BUSINESS CREDIT INSTITUTIONS, EXCEPT
AGRICULTURAL 5 5
SIGNS AND ADVERTISING SPECIALTIES 28 10 38
SKILLED NURSING CARE FACILITIES 1,458 284 1,742
SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION 1 1
SOAPS AND OTHER DETERGENTS, EXCEPT SPECIALITY
CLEANERS 27 2 29
SOCIAL SERVICES, NEC 67 27 94
SOYBEAN OIL MILLS 1 1
SPECIAL INDUSTRY MACHINERY, NEC 11 4 15
SPECIAL DIES AND TOOLS, DIE SETS, JIGS AND
FIXTURES, AND INDUSTRIAL MOLDS 36 25 61
SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS, NEC 104 69 1 174
SPECIAL WAREHOUSING AND STORAGE, NEC 6 2 8
SPECIALITY CLEANING, POLISHING, AND SANITARY
PREPARATIONS 1 1
SPECIALTY HOSPITALS, EXCEPT PSYCHIATRIC 11 6 17
SPECIALTY OUTPATIENT FACILITIES, NEC 43 13 56
SPEED CHANGERS, INDUSTRIAL HIGH-SPEED DRIVES,
AND GEARS 1 1
SPORTING AND ATHLETIC GOODS, NEC 6 3 9
SPORTING AND RECREATIONAL CAMPS 6 1 7
SPORTING AND RECREATIONAL GOODS AND SUPPLIES 15 9 24
SPORTING GOODS STORES AND BICYCLE SHOPS 18 2 20
STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS 37 5 42
71

Severity FY 2004
No Time Time Total
STATIONERY AND OFFICE SUPPLIES 45 20 65
STATIONERY STORES 14 6 20
STEEL FOUNDRIES, NEC 4 1 5
STEEL PIPE AND TUBES 1 1
STEEL WIREDRAWING AND STEEL NAILS AND SPIKES 19 2 21
STEEL WORKS, BLAST FURNACES (INCLUDING COKE
OVENS), AND ROLLING MILLS 35 10 45
STORAGE BATTERIES 11 5 16
STRUCTURAL CLAY PRODUCTS, NEC 15 2 17
STRUCTURAL STEEL ERECTION 28 12 40
STRUCTURAL WOOD MEMBERS, NEC 8 3 11
SURETY INSURANCE 1 1
SURGICAL AND MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS AND
APPARATUS 2 2 4
SURVEYING SERVICES 6 1 7
SYNTHETIC RUBBER 1 1
TAX RETURN PREPARATION SERVICES 2 2
TAXICABS 2 2 4
TELEGRAPH AND OTHER MESSAGE
COMMUNICATIONS 1 1 2
TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH APPARATUS 2 2
TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS, EXCEPT
RADIOTELEPHONE 77 93 170
TELEVISION BROADCASTING STATIONS 16 3 19
TERMINAL AND JOINT TERMINAL MAINTENANCE
FACILITIES FOR MOTOR FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION 4 4
TERMINAL AND SERVICE FACILITIES FOR MOTOR
VEHICLE PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION 1 1
TERRAZZO, TILE, MARBLE, AND MOSAIC WORK 3 4 7
TESTING LABORATORIES 2 3 5
TEXTILE GOODS, NEC 3 3
TEXTILE MACHINERY 1 3 4
THEATRICAL PRODUCERS (EXCEPT MOTION PICTURE)
AND MISCELLANEOUS THEATRICAL SERVICES 25 11 36
TIRE RETREADING AND REPAIR SHOPS 1 1
TIRES AND INNER TUBES 6 7 13
TIRES AND TUBES 7 2 9
TITLE INSURANCE 1 1
TOBACCO AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS 2 1 3
TOP, BODY, AND UPHOLSTERY REPAIR SHOPS AND
PAINT SHOPS 27 33 60
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES,
EXCEPT MOTOR VEHICLES 16 14 30
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT, NEC 16 3 19
TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, NEC 16 5 21
TRUCK AND BUS BODIES 8 6 14
72

Severity FY 2004
No Time Time Total
TRUCK RENTAL AND LEASING, WITHOUT DRIVERS 8 7 15
TRUCK TRAILERS 21 3 24
TRUCKING, EXCEPT LOCAL 987 606 3 1,596
TURKEY AND TURKEY EGGS 1 1
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE 8 4 12
UNKNOWN 63 23 86
UNSUPPORTED PLASTICS FILM AND SHEET 15 6 21
UNSUPPORTED PLASTICS PROFILE SHAPES 10 10
USED MERCHANDISE STORES 2 3 5
UTILITY TRAILER AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLE
RENTAL 2 1 3
VALVES AND PIPE FITTINGS, NEC 10 5 15
VARIETY STORES 586 349 935
VEGETABLE OIL MILLS, EXCEPT CORN, COTTONSEED,
AND SOYBEANS 1 1
VETERINARY SERVICES FOR ANIMAL SPECIALTIES 98 20 118
VETERINARY SERVICES FOR LIVESTOCK 8 4 12
VIDEO TAPE RENTAL 7 7
VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS, NEC 4 1 5
WARM AIR HEATING AND AIR-CONDITIONING
EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES 11 6 17
WATCH, CLOCK, AND JEWELRY REPAIR 4 4
WATER SUPPLY 47 29 76
WATER WELL DRILLING 29 21 50
WATER, SEWER, PIPELINE, AND COMMUNICATIONS
AND POWER LINE CONSTRUCTION 75 34 109
WELDING REPAIR 26 3 29
WHEAT 9 9
WINE AND DISTILLED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES 7 11 18
WIRE SPRINGS 2 2 4
WOMEN'S ACCESSORY AND SPECIALTY STORES 6 6
WOMEN'S CLOTHING STORES 24 6 30
WOMEN'S, CHILDREN'S, AND INFANTS' CLOTHING AND
ACCESSORIES 1 1 2
WOMEN'S, MISSES' AND JUNIORS' SUITS, SKIRTS, AND
COATS 2 2
WOOD HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, EXCEPT
UPHOLSTERED 9 2 11
WOOD HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, UPHOLSTERED 14 4 18
WOOD KITCHEN CABINETS 121 82 203
WOOD OFFICE AND STORE FIXTURES, PARTITIONS,
SHELVING, AND LOCKERS 3 3
WOOD OFFICE FURNITURE 11 13 24
WOOD PALLETS AND SKIDS 14 3 17
WOOD PRODUCTS, NEC 3 3 6
WRECKING AND DEMOLITION WORK 2 1 3
YARN SPINNING MILLS 4 4
73
Table 2-19
Industries (NAICS) Reporting Occupational Injuries & Illnesses by
Severity FY 2004
No Time Time Total
Industry (NAICS) Lost Lost Fatal Inj/Ill
ACCOUNTING, TAX PREPARATION, BOOKKEEPING, AND
PAYROLL SERVICES 1 1
ADMINISTRATION OF CONSERVATION PROGRAMS 1 1 2
ADMINISTRATION OF HOUSING PROGRAMS 3 3 6
ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS 6 6
ADVERTISING AGENCIES 9 9
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT MANUFACTURING 1 1
AIR AND GAS COMPRESSOR MANUFACTURING 1 1
AC/HEAT EQUIP. & COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL
REFRIGERATION EQUIP. MANUFACTURING 10 4 14
AIRCRAFT ENGINE AND ENGINE PARTS
MANUFACTURING (PT) 288 87 375
AIRPORT OPERATIONS 2 1 3
ALL OTHER CONSUMER GOODS RENTAL 4 4
ALL OTHER LEATHER GOOD MANUFACTURING (PT) 9 5 14
ALL OTHER AMUSEMENT AND RECREATION INDUSTRIES 4 4
ALL OTHER BASIC ORGANIC CHEMICAL
MANUFACTURING (PT) 4 4
ALL OTHER BUSINESS SUPPORT SERVICES 2 2
ALL OTHER CONVERTED PAPER PRODUCT
ALL OTHER GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES 1 1 2
ALL OTHER HEALTH AND PERSONAL CARE STORES (PT) 2 2
ALL OTHER HOME FURNISHINGS STORES (PT) 4 1 5
ALL OTHER INSURANCE RELATED ACTIVITIES 2 2
ALL OTHER MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL AND
PREPARATION MANUFACTURING (PT) 5 2 7
ALL OTHER MISCELLANEOUS CROP FARMING (PT) 9 4 13
ALL OTHER MISCELLANEOUS FABRICATED METAL
PRODUCT MANUFACTURING (PT) 2 2
ALL OTHER MISCELLANEOUS FOOD MANUFACTURING
(PT) 1 3 4
ALL OTHER MISCELLANEOUS GENERAL PURPOSE
MACHINERY MANUFACTURING (PT) 4 4
ALL OTHER MISCELLANEOUS NONMETALLIC MINERAL
PRODUCT MANUFACTURING (PT) 1 2 3
ALL OTHER MISCELLANEOUS STORE RETAILERS
(EXCEPT TOBACCO STORES) (PT) 1 1
ALL OTHER MISCELLANEOUS WOOD PRODUCT
ALL OTHER MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS 9 2 11
ALL OTHER MOTOR VEHICLE PART MANUFACTURING
(PT) 17 9 26
ALL OTHER NONDEPOSITORY CREDIT INTERMEDIATION 3 3
ALL OTHER NONRESIDENTIAL SPECIALTY TRADE
CONTRACTORS 18 6 24
ALL OTHER OUTPATIENT CARE FACILITIES 1 1
74

Severity FY 2004
No Time Time Total
ALL OTHER PLASTICS PRODUCT MANUFACTURING (PT) 5 5
ALL OTHER PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND
TECHNICAL SERVICES 1 1
ALL OTHER RESIDENTIAL SPECIALTY TRADE
CONTRACTORS 3 2 5
ALL OTHER SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS 1 1
ALL OTHER SPECIALTY FOOD STORES (PT) 3 1 4
ALL OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES 2 2
ALL OTHER TRAVEL ARRANGEMENT AND RESERVATION
SERVICES (PT) 7 1 8
ALUMINUM FOUNDRIES (EXCEPT DIE-CASTING) 1 1
AMBULANCE SERVICES 1 1
AMUSEMENT AND THEME PARKS 1 1 2
ANIMAL (EXCEPT POULTRY) SLAUGHTERING (PT) 111 5 116
ANIMAL SLAUGHTERING AND PROCESSING 2 1 3
APPLIANCE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE (PT) 76 3 79
APPLIANCE, TELEVISION, AND OTHER ELECTRONICS
STORES 4 1 5
ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES 1 1
ARMORED CAR SERVICES 1 1
AUTOMOBILE AND OTHER MOTOR VEHICLE MERCHANT
WHOLESALERS 7 1 8
AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURING 1 1
AUTOMOTIVE BODY, PAINT, AND INTERIOR REPAIR AND
MAINTENANCE 9 17 26
AUTOMOTIVE BODY, PAINT, INTERIOR, AND GLASS
REPAIR 2 2
AUTOMOTIVE EXHAUST SYSTEM REPAIR 2 2
AUTOMOTIVE GLASS REPLACEMENT SHOPS (PT) 5 5
AUTOMOTIVE MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL REPAIR
AND MAINTENANCE 1 1 2
AUTOMOTIVE OIL CHANGE AND LUBRICATION SHOPS 1 1
AUTOMOTIVE PARTS AND ACCESSORIES STORES 18 4 22
BARE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD MANUFACTURING 4 4
BEAUTY SALONS 4 2 6
BEEF CATTLE RANCHING AND FARMING (PT) 1 1
BEEF CATTLE RANCHING AND FARMING, INCLUDING
FEEDLOTS 2 2 4
BEER AND ALE MERCHANT WHOLESALERS 7 5 12
BEER, WINE, AND LIQUOR STORES 1 2 3
BLOOD AND ORGAN BANKS 1 1
BOAT BUILDING 14 2 16
BOLT, NUT, SCREW, RIVET, AND WASHER
BOOK PUBLISHERS 11 11
BOOK STORES 1 1
75

Severity FY 2004
No Time Time Total
BOTTLED WATER MANUFACTURING (PT) 1 2 3
BOWLING CENTERS 2 2
BRICK AND STRUCTURAL CLAY TILE MANUFACTURING 4 4
BUS AND OTHER MOTOR VEHICLE TRANSIT SYSTEMS 4 4
BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS 1 1
CABLE AND OTHER PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION 2 2
CABLE AND OTHER SUBSCRIPTION PROGRAMMING 1 1
CABLE NETWORKS 1 1
CAFETERIAS 5 7 12
CANVAS AND RELATED PRODUCT MILLS (PT) 17 26 43
CARPENTRY CONTRACTORS 5 7 12
CARPET AND RUG MILLS 1 1
CARPET AND UPHOLSTERY CLEANING SERVICES 6 3 9
CARWASHES 2 1 3
CATERERS 1 1
CATTLE FEEDLOTS 33 4 37
CELLULAR AND OTHER WIRELESS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS 18 18
CEMENT MANUFACTURING 3 1 4
CHILD AND YOUTH SERVICES 1 1
CHILD DAY CARE SERVICES 20 7 27
CLAIMS ADJUSTING 2 2
CLOTHING ACCESSORIES STORES 4 4
COAL AND OTHER MINERAL AND ORE MERCHANT
WHOLESALERS 2 2
COIN-OPERATED LAUNDRIES AND DRYCLEANERS 1 1
COLLECTION AGENCIES 3 3 6
COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, AND PROFESSIONAL
SCHOOLS 63 5 68
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY& EQUIP.
(EXCEPT AUTO & ELEC.) REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE 13 3 16
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY & EQUIP.
(EXCEPT AUTO AND ELEC.) REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE
(PT) 1 1 2
COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING
CONSTRUCTION 30 28 58
COMMERCIAL BAKERIES (PT) 12 2 14
COMMERCIAL BANKING 13 3 16
COMMERCIAL FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING (PT) 2 1 3
COMMERCIAL GRAVURE PRINTING (PT) 15 7 22
COMMERCIAL LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING (PT) 17 4 21
COMMERCIAL SCREEN PRINTING (PT) 1 2 3
COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT REPAIR AND
MAINTENANCE (PT) 1 3 4
76

Severity FY 2004
No Time Time Total
COMPUTER AND COMPUTER PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT
AND SOFTWARE MERCHANT WHOLESALERS 5 5
COMPUTER AND SOFTWARE STORES 4 1 5
COMPUTER SYSTEMS DESIGN AND RELATED SERVICES 1 1
COMPUTER SYSTEMS DESIGN SERVICES (PT) 3 1 4
CONCRETE BLOCK AND BRICK MANUFACTURING 1 1
CONCRETE CONTRACTORS 3 2 5
CONFECTIONERY AND NUT STORES 1 1
CONFECTIONERY MERCHANT WHOLESALERS 1 1
CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY MANUFACTURING 7 7
CONSTRUCTION, MINING, AND FORESTRY MACHINERY
AND EQUIPMENT RENTAL AND LEASING (PT) 1 1
CONSTRUCTION, TRANSPORTATION, MINING, &
FORESTRY MACHINERY & EQUIP. RENTAL & LEASING 1 1
CONSUMER ELECTRONICS AND APPLIANCES RENTAL 1 1
CONSUMER LENDING 1 1
CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES (PT) 12 2 14
CONVENIENCE STORES 15 6 21
CONVEYOR AND CONVEYING EQUIPMENT
COPPER WIRE (EXCEPT MECHANICAL) DRAWING 1 1
CORPORATE, SUBSIDIARY, AND REGIONAL MANAGING
OFFICES 1 1
CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS 1 1 2
COSMETICS, BEAUTY SUPPLIES, AND PERFUME STORES 3 1 4
COSMETOLOGY AND BARBER SCHOOLS (PT) 1 1
COURIERS 3 3
CREDIT CARD ISSUING 1 1
CREDIT UNIONS 3 1 4
CRUDE PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS EXTRACTION 9 5 14
CRUSHED AND BROKEN LIMESTONE MINING AND
QUARRYING 1 1
CURTAIN AND LINEN MILLS 1 1
CUSTOM ARCHITECTURAL WOODWORK AND MILLWORK
MANUFACTURING 2 1 3
CUSTOM COMPUTER PROGRAMMING SERVICES 2 2
CUT STONE AND STONE PRODUCT MANUFACTURING 2 1 3
DAIRY CATTLE AND MILK PRODUCTION 7 4 11
DATA PROCESSING, HOSTING, AND RELATED SERVICES 3 1 4
DENTAL LABORATORIES 1 1 2
DEPARTMENT STORES (EXCEPT DISCOUNT
DEPARTMENT STORES) 41 23 64
77

Severity FY 2004
No Time Time Total
DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING CENTERS 3 3
DIET AND WEIGHT REDUCING CENTERS 1 1
DIRECT LIFE INSURANCE CARRIERS 1 1
DIRECT PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE
CARRIERS (PT) 6 6
DISCOUNT DEPARTMENT STORES 7 3 10
DOCUMENT PREPARATION SERVICES 1 1
DRILLING OIL AND GAS WELLS 27 17 44
DRINKING PLACES (ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES) 24 3 27
DRUGS AND DRUGGISTS' SUNDRIES MERCHANT
WHOLESALERS 1 1
DRYCLEANING AND LAUNDRY SERVICES (EXCEPT COIN-
OPERATED) 4 4
DRYWALL AND INSULATION CONTRACTORS 2 2
EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES 11 7 18
ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION (PT) 2 2 4
ELECTRICAL APPARATUS & EQUIPMENT, WIRING
SUPPLIES, & CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL WHOLESALERS 1 1
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS 7 3 10
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING 1 1
ELECTRONIC COIL, TRANSFORMER, AND OTHER
INDUCTOR MANUFACTURING (PT) 1 1
ELECTROPLATING, PLATING, POLISHING, ANODIZING,
AND COLORING (PT) 3 3 6
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS 1,558 720 2,278
EMPLOYMENT PLACEMENT AGENCIES 15 20 35
ENGINEERING SERVICES 15 3 18
ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION, AND WILDLIFE
ORGANIZATIONS (PT) 1 1
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING SERVICES 1 1
EXCAVATION CONTRACTORS 2 2
EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE OFFICES, COMBINED 55 39 94
EXTERMINATING AND PEST CONTROL SERVICES 2 2
FABRICATED STRUCTURAL METAL MANUFACTURING
(PT) 10 6 16
FACILITIES SUPPORT SERVICES 2 2
FAMILY CLOTHING STORES 8 8
FARM AND GARDEN MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT
MERCHANT WHOLESALERS 7 7 14
FARM AND GARDEN MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT
WHOLESALERS 4 4
FARM LABOR CONTRACTORS AND CREW LEADERS 4 4
FARM MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING 19 9 28
FARM SUPPLIES MERCHANT WHOLESALERS 1 1
FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS PROCESSING, RESERVE,
AND CLEARINGHOUSE ACTIVITIES 5 5
78

Severity FY 2004
No Time Time Total
FIRE PROTECTION 9 8 17
FITNESS AND RECREATIONAL SPORTS CENTERS 14 14
FLAT GLASS MANUFACTURING 3 7 10
FLAVORING SYRUP AND CONCENTRATE
MANUFACTURING 1 1 2
FLOOR COVERING STORES 14 4 18
FLORISTS 2 2
FLOUR MILLING (PT) 15 15
FLOUR MIXES AND DOUGH MANUFACTURING FROM
PURCHASED FLOUR 20 2 22
FLOWER, NURSERY STOCK, AND FLORISTS' SUPPLIES
FLUID POWER CYLINDER AND ACTUATOR
FLUID POWER VALVE AND HOSE FITTING
FOLDING PAPERBOARD BOX MANUFACTURING 1 1
FOOD (HEALTH) SUPPLEMENT STORES 1 1
FOOD PRODUCT MACHINERY MANUFACTURING 2 1 3
FOOD SERVICE CONTRACTORS 8 2 10
FRAMING CONTRACTORS 2 2
FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLE MERCHANT
WHOLESALERS 12 10 22
FULL-SERVICE RESTAURANTS 75 34 109
FUNERAL HOMES AND FUNERAL SERVICES 2 2
FURNITURE STORES 64 44 108
GASOLINE STATIONS WITH CONVENIENCE STORE (PT) 1 1
GASOLINE STATIONS WITH CONVENIENCE STORES 13 10 23
GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR 9 15 24
GENERAL FREIGHT TRUCKING, LOCAL 2 2 4
GENERAL FREIGHT TRUCKING, LONG-DISTANCE 19 19
GENERAL FREIGHT TRUCKING, LONG-DISTANCE, LESS
THAN TRUCKLOAD 2 5 7
GENERAL FREIGHT TRUCKING, LONG-DISTANCE,
TRUCKLOAD 23 32 1 56
GENERAL LINE GROCERY MERCHANT WHOLESALERS 1 1 2
GENERAL MEDICAL AND SURGICAL HOSPITALS 543 133 676
GENERAL RENTAL CENTERS 1 1
GENERAL WAREHOUSING AND STORAGE 3 1 4
GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYING AND MAPPING SERVICES 1 1 2
GIFT, NOVELTY, AND SOUVENIR STORES 7 7
GLASS AND GLAZING CONTRACTORS 1 1 2
GOLF COURSES AND COUNTRY CLUBS 6 1 7
GOLF COURSES AND COUNTRY CLUBS (PT) 2 5 7
79

Severity FY 2004
No Time Time Total
GRAIN AND FIELD BEAN MERCHANT WHOLESALERS 13 2 15
GRAPHIC DESIGN SERVICES 1 1
GREETING CARD PUBLISHERS 1 1
HARDWARE STORES 18 6 24
HAY FARMING 2 2
HEATING EQUIPMENT (EXCEPT WARM AIR FURNACE)
HIGHWAY, STREET, AND BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION 51 29 2 82
HOG AND PIG FARMING 1 1 2
HOME CENTERS 1 1 2
HOME FURNISHING MERCHANT WHOLESALERS 2 2
HOME HEALTH CARE SERVICES 15 9 24
HOMES FOR THE ELDERLY 5 5
HOTELS (EXCEPT CASINO HOTELS) AND MOTELS 15 21 36
HOTELS (EXCEPT CASINO HOTELS) AND MOTELS (PT) 2 2
HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE STORES 1 2 3
HYDROELECTRIC POWER GENERATION (PT) 160 160
ICE MANUFACTURING 1 1
INDUSTRIAL AND PERSONAL SERVICE PAPER
MERCHANT WHOLESALERS 4 4
INDUSTRIAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION 2 2
INDUSTRIAL GAS MANUFACTURING 1 1
INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT MERCHANT
WHOLESALERS 24 8 32
INDUSTRIAL MOLD MANUFACTURING 3 1 4
INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, TRACTOR, TRAILER, AND STACKER
MACHINERY MANUFACTURING 6 6
INSTRUMENT MANUFACTURING FOR MEASURING AND
TESTING ELECTRICITY AND ELECTRICAL SIGNALS 7 7
INSTRUMENTS & RELATED PRODUCT MANUFACTURING
FOR MEASURING, DISPLAYING & CONTROLLING
INDUSTRIAL PROCESS VARIABLES 1 1 2
INSURANCE AGENCIES AND BROKERAGES 10 3 13
INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS 1 1
INVESTMENT ADVICE 1 1
IRON AND STEEL MILLS (PT) 1 2 3
IRON FOUNDRIES (PT) 2 1 3
JANITORIAL SERVICES 41 8 49
JANITORIAL SERVICES (PT) 1 1
JEWELRY STORES 3 1 4
JEWELRY, WATCH, PRECIOUS STONE, AND PRECIOUS
METAL MERCHANT WHOLESALERS 1 1
JUNIOR COLLEGES 13 3 16
KIDNEY DIALYSIS CENTERS 2 2
LAMINATED PLASTICS PLATE, SHEET (EXCEPT
PACKAGING), AND SHAPE MANUFACTURING 1 1
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES 1 3 4
80

Severity FY 2004
No Time Time Total
LANDSCAPING SERVICES 33 16 49
LANDSCAPING SERVICES (PT) 2 2
LESSORS OF MINIWAREHOUSES AND SELF-STORAGE
UNITS 1 1
LESSORS OF NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS (EXCEPT
MINIWAREHOUSES) 1 1
LESSORS OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS AND DWELLINGS 4 3 7
LIMITED-SERVICE EATING PLACES 3 1 4
LIMITED-SERVICE RESTAURANTS 67 19 86
LIMOUSINE SERVICE 2 2
LINEN SUPPLY (PT) 1 3 4
LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS (BOTTLED GAS) DEALERS
(PT) 3 2 5
LIVESTOCK MERCHANT WHOLESALERS 11 3 14
LOCAL MESSENGERS AND LOCAL DELIVERY 4 1 5
LOGGING 1 2 3
LUMBER, PLYWOOD, MILLWORK, AND WOOD PANEL
MACHINE SHOPS 21 22 43
MACHINE TOOL (METAL FORMING TYPES)
MANUFACTURING 1 1
MANAGEMENT CONSULTING SERVICES 1 1
MANIFOLD BUSINESS FORMS PRINTING (PT) 1 1
MANUFACTURED (MOBILE) HOME DEALERS 1 2 3
MANUFACTURED HOME (MOBILE HOME)
MANUFACTURING 1 2 3
MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL BUILDING
CONSTRUCTION (PT) 22 11 33
MARINAS 1 1
MARKETING CONSULTING SERVICES 1 1 2
MASONRY CONTRACTORS 3 1 4
MAYONNAISE, DRESSING, AND OTHER PREPARED
SAUCE MANUFACTURING (PT) 2 2
MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCT MERCHANT WHOLESALERS 4 3 7
MEAT MARKETS 1 1 2
MEDICAL LABORATORIES 62 71 133
MEN'S AND BOYS' CUT AND SEW APPAREL
CONTRACTORS (PT) 1 1
MEN'S FOOTWEAR (EXCEPT ATHLETIC)
MANUFACTURING 1 1
METAL SERVICE CENTERS AND OTHER METAL
METAL TANK (HEAVY GAUGE) MANUFACTURING 23 10 33
METAL WINDOW AND DOOR MANUFACTURING (PT) 65 65
METALWORKING MACHINERY MANUFACTURING 1 1
MISCELLANEOUS FINANCIAL INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES
(PT) 1 1
81

Severity FY 2004
No Time Time Total
MONETARY AUTHORITIES - CENTRAL BANK 1 1
MOTOR VEHICLE AIR-CONDITIONING MANUFACTURING 29 3 32
MOTOR VEHICLE BODY AND TRAILER MANUFACTURING 31 40 71
MOTOR VEHICLE BODY MANUFACTURING (PT) 18 7 25
MOTOR VEHICLE SEATING AND INTERIOR TRIM
MANUFACTURING 1 1
MOTOR VEHICLE SUPPLIES AND NEW PARTS MERCHANT
WHOLESALERS 22 5 27
MOTORCYCLE DEALERS 1 1 2
MULTIFAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION (EXCEPT
OPERATIVE BUILDERS) 2 1 3
MUSEUMS 1 1 2
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AND SUPPLIES STORES 1 1 2
NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION 6 1 7
NEW CAR DEALERS 49 55 104
NEW HOUSING OPERATIVE BUILDERS 1 1
NEW SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION (EXCEPT
OPERATIVE BUILDERS) 19 12 31
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS 43 5 48
NITROGENOUS FERTILIZER MANUFACTURING 4 2 6
NONRESIDENTIAL DRYWALL AND INSULATION
CONTRACTORS 9 5 14
NONRESIDENTIAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS 43 8 51
NONRESIDENTIAL FLOORING CONTRACTORS 1 1
NONRESIDENTIAL GLASS AND GLAZING CONTRACTORS 25 2 27
NONRESIDENTIAL MASONRY CONTRACTORS 5 2 7
NONRESIDENTIAL PAINTING AND WALL COVERING
CONTRACTORS 3 2 5
NONRESIDENTIAL PLUMBING, HEATING, AND AIR-
CONDITIONING CONTRACTORS 37 13 50
NONRESIDENTIAL POURED CONCRETE FOUNDATION
AND STRUCTURE CONTRACTORS 10 12 22
NONRESIDENTIAL PROPERTY MANAGERS 4 1 5
NONRESIDENTIAL ROOFING CONTRACTORS 2 1 3
NONRESIDENTIAL SIDING CONTRACTORS 4 4
NONRESIDENTIAL SITE PREPARATION CONTRACTORS 4 8 12
NONRESIDENTIAL STRUCTURAL STEEL AND PRECAST
CONCRETE CONTRACTORS 5 2 7
NONUPHOLSTERED WOOD HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
NURSERIES, GARDEN CENTERS, AND FARM SUPPLY
STORES 38 6 44
NURSERY AND GARDEN CENTERS (PT) 1 1
NURSING CARE FACILITIES 128 41 169
NURSING CARE FACILITIES (PT) 30 3 33
OFFICE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES 30 5 35
82

Severity FY 2004
No Time Time Total
OFFICE MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT RENTAL AND
LEASING 1 1
OFFICE SUPPLIES AND STATIONERY STORES 4 4
OFFICES OF ALL OTHER MISCELLANEOUS HEALTH
PRACTITIONERS 29 4 33
OFFICES OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS 4 1 5
OFFICES OF DENTISTS 9 2 11
OFFICES OF LAWYERS 4 3 7
OFFICES OF OTHER HOLDING COMPANIES 24 4 28
OFFICES OF PHYSICIANS 3 1 4
OFFICES OF PHYSICIANS (EXCEPT MENTAL HEALTH
SPECIALISTS) (PT) 14 9 23
OFFICES OF REAL ESTATE AGENTS AND BROKERS 2 2
OIL AND GAS EXTRACTION 2 2
OIL AND GAS PIPELINE AND RELATED STRUCTURES
CONSTRUCTION 2 4 6
ONE-HOUR PHOTO FINISHING 1 1
OPHTHALMIC GOODS MANUFACTURING (PT) 5 5
ORNAMENTAL AND ARCHITECTURAL METAL WORK
OTHER ACCOUNTING SERVICES 1 1
OTHER ACTIVITIES RELATED TO REAL ESTATE 1 1
OTHER AIRCRAFT PARTS AND AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT
OTHER ANIMAL FOOD MANUFACTURING (PT) 4 4
OTHER AUTOMOTIVE MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL
REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE 1 2 3
OTHER BUILDING MATERIAL DEALERS 9 2 11
OTHER BUSINESS SERVICE CENTERS (INCLUDING COPY
SHOPS) 2 2
OTHER CHEMICAL AND ALLIED PRODUCTS MERCHANT
WHOLESALERS 2 2
OTHER CLOTHING STORES 2 1 3
OTHER COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND
EQUIPMENT RENTAL AND LEASING 3 3
OTHER COMMERCIAL AND SERVICE INDUSTRY
MACHINERY MANUFACTURING (PT) 1 1
OTHER COMMERCIAL PRINTING (PT) 1 1
OTHER COMPUTER RELATED SERVICES 3 3
OTHER CONCRETE PRODUCT MANUFACTURING 4 2 6
OTHER DIRECT SELLING ESTABLISHMENTS 16 5 21
OTHER ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MANUFACTURING 1 1
OTHER ELECTRONIC PARTS AND EQUIPMENT
OTHER ENGINE EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING (PT) 11 11
OTHER GASOLINE STATIONS 4 2 6
OTHER GENERAL GOVERNMENT SUPPORT 1 1
83

Severity FY 2004
No Time Time Total
OTHER GROCERY AND RELATED PRODUCT
WHOLESALERS 1 1
OTHER GROCERY AND RELATED PRODUCTS MERCHANT
WHOLESALERS 4 3 7
OTHER HEAVY AND CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION 9 3 12
OTHER INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY SERVICES 2 5 7
OTHER MANAGEMENT CONSULTING SERVICES 2 2
OTHER METAL CONTAINER MANUFACTURING (PT) 8 8
OTHER MILLWORK (INCLUDING FLOORING) (PT) 2 5 7
OTHER MISCELLANEOUS DURABLE GOODS MERCHANT
WHOLESALERS 1 1 2
OTHER MISCELLANEOUS DURABLE GOODS
WHOLESALERS (PT) 1 1
OTHER MISCELLANEOUS NONDURABLE GOODS
OTHER NONHAZARDOUS WASTE TREATMENT AND
DISPOSAL 1 1
OTHER NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDING EQUIPMENT
CONTRACTORS 10 2 12
OTHER NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDING FINISHING
CONTRACTORS 1 1
OTHER PERSONAL CARE SERVICES 3 3
OTHER RESIDENTIAL BUILDING FINISHING
CONTRACTORS 3 1 4
OTHER RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES 3 7 10
OTHER RESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION, STRUCTURE, AND
BUILDING EXTERIOR CONTRACTORS 3 3
OTHER SERVICES RELATED TO ADVERTISING 1 1
OTHER SERVICES TO BUILDINGS AND DWELLINGS 4 1 5
OTHER SERVICES TO BUILDINGS AND DWELLINGS (PT) 1 1
OTHER SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS (EXCEPT BUSINESS,
PROFESSIONAL, LABOR, AND POLITICAL
ORGANIZATIONS) 1 1
OTHER SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS (EXCEPT BUSINESS,
PROFESSIONAL, LABOR, AND POLITICAL
ORGANIZATIONS) (PT) 1 1
OTHER SUPPORT ACTIVITIES FOR AIR
TRANSPORTATION 2 2
OTHER SUPPORT ACTIVITIES FOR ROAD
TRANSPORTATION 4 4
OTHER TELECOMMUNICATIONS 4 4
OTHER TRAVEL ARRANGEMENT AND RESERVATION
SERVICES 26 4 30
OTHER WASTE COLLECTION 7 1 8
OUTDOOR POWER EQUIPMENT STORES 1 1
OUTPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE
CENTERS 2 1 3
PAINT AND WALLPAPER STORES 6 6
84

Severity FY 2004
No Time Time Total
PAINTING AND WALL COVERING CONTRACTORS 1 1
PAINTING AND WALL COVERING CONTRACTORS (PT) 1 1
PENSION FUNDS 1 1
PERIODICAL PUBLISHERS 2 2
PESTICIDE AND OTHER AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL
MANUFACTURING 2 1 3
PET AND PET SUPPLIES STORES 7 2 9
PET CARE (EXCEPT VETERINARY) SERVICES 2 1 3
PETROCHEMICAL MANUFACTURING 1 1 2
PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS MERCHANT
WHOLESALERS (EXCEPT BULK STATIONS AND
TERMINALS) 1 1 2
PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
WHOLESALERS (EXCEPT BULK STATIONS AND
TERMINALS) 2 2
PETROLEUM BULK STATIONS AND TERMINALS 3 1 4
PETROLEUM LUBRICATING OIL AND GREASE
MANUFACTURING 1 1
PETROLEUM REFINERIES 15 9 24
PHARMACEUTICAL AND MEDICINE MANUFACTURING 1 1
PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATION MANUFACTURING
(PT) 2 2
PHARMACIES AND DRUG STORES 5 1 6
PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIOS, PORTRAIT 1 1
PIPELINE TRANSPORTATION OF REFINED PETROLEUM
PRODUCTS 1 1
PLASTICS AND RUBBER INDUSTRY MACHINERY
MANUFACTURING 2 2
PLASTICS BOTTLE MANUFACTURING 1 1
PLASTICS PIPE AND PIPE FITTING MANUFACTURING (PT) 2 3 5
PLATE WORK MANUFACTURING 12 2 14
PLUMBING AND HEATING EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES
(HYDRONICS) MERCHANT WHOLESALERS 2 2
PLUMBING, HEATING, AND AIR-CONDITIONING
CONTRACTORS 3 1 4
PLUMBING, HEATING, AND AIR-CONDITIONING
CONTRACTORS (PT) 9 2 1 12
POLICE PROTECTION 2 2
POLYSTYRENE FOAM PRODUCT MANUFACTURING 5 5
PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT 1 1
POSTHARVEST CROP ACTIVITIES (EXCEPT COTTON
GINNING) 1 1
POULTRY PROCESSING 2 2
POWER AND COMMUNICATION LINE AND RELATED
STRUCTURES CONSTRUCTION 11 3 14
PREFABRICATED WOOD BUILDING MANUFACTURING 3 9 12
PRINTING 2 2
PRINTING INK MANUFACTURING 1 1
85

Severity FY 2004
No Time Time Total
PRIVATE HOUSEHOLDS 2 2 4
PROCESS, PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION, AND LOGISTICS
CONSULTING SERVICES (PT) 24 24
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYER ORGANIZATIONS 11 9 20
PSYCHIATRIC AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE HOSPITALS 1 1
QUICK PRINTING (PT) 1 1
RACETRACKS 1 1 2
RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCASTING AND WIRELESS
COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING 23 3 26
RADIO STATIONS 2 2
RADIO, TELEVISION, AND OTHER ELECTRONICS STORES
(PT) 1 1 2
RAIL TRANSPORTATION 6 1 7
READY-MIX CONCRETE MANUFACTURING 20 9 29
REAL ESTATE CREDIT 1 1
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS 2 2
REAL ESTATE PROPERTY MANAGERS 1 1
RECYCLABLE MATERIAL MERCHANT WHOLESALERS 1 4 5
RECYCLABLE MATERIAL WHOLESALERS 2 2
REFRIGERATED WAREHOUSING AND STORAGE 17 9 26
REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES MERCHANT
WHOLESALERS 6 6
RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS 4 4 8
REMEDIATION SERVICES 1 1
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL,
ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES 2 2
RESIDENTIAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION 2 3 5
RESIDENTIAL DRYWALL AND INSULATION
CONTRACTORS 3 3 6
RESIDENTIAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS 16 16 32
RESIDENTIAL FINISH CARPENTRY CONTRACTORS 3 6 9
RESIDENTIAL FLOORING CONTRACTORS 2 4 6
RESIDENTIAL FRAMING CONTRACTORS 4 4 8
RESIDENTIAL GLASS AND GLAZING CONTRACTORS 1 1
RESIDENTIAL MASONRY CONTRACTORS 5 5 10
RESIDENTIAL MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE
FACILITIES 5 5 10
RESIDENTIAL MENTAL RETARDATION FACILITIES 144 22 166
RESIDENTIAL PAINTING AND WALL COVERING
CONTRACTORS 1 1 2
RESIDENTIAL PLUMBING, HEATING, AND AIR-
CONDITIONING CONTRACTORS 28 14 42
RESIDENTIAL POURED CONCRETE FOUNDATION AND
STRUCTURE CONTRACTORS 6 4 10
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY MANAGERS 16 1 17
RESIDENTIAL REMODELERS 20 5 25
86

Severity FY 2004
No Time Time Total
RESIDENTIAL ROOFING CONTRACTORS 8 3 11
RESIDENTIAL SIDING CONTRACTORS 1 1 2
RESIDENTIAL SITE PREPARATION CONTRACTORS 4 2 6
ROOFING, SIDING, AND SHEET METAL CONTRACTORS 1 1 2
ROOMING AND BOARDING HOUSES (PT) 1 1
RUBBER AND PLASTICS HOSES AND BELTING
SCHEDULED FREIGHT AIR TRANSPORTATION 3 2 5
SCHEDULED PASSENGER AIR TRANSPORTATION 2 2
SCHOOL AND EMPLOYEE BUS TRANSPORTATION 24 5 29
SEARCH, DETECTION, NAVIGATION, GUIDANCE,
AERONAUTICAL, AND NAUTICAL SYSTEM AND
INSTRUMENT MANUFACTURING 2 2 4
SECURITIES AND COMMODITY EXCHANGES 1 4 5
SECURITIES BROKERAGE 1 1
SECURITY GUARDS AND PATROL SERVICES 2 4 6
SECURITY SYSTEMS SERVICES 1 1
SECURITY SYSTEMS SERVICES (EXCEPT LOCKSMITHS)
(PT) 2 1 3
SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES
MERCHANT WHOLESALERS 4 4
SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY AND PERSONS WITH
DISABILITIES 21 3 24
SEWING, NEEDLEWORK, AND PIECE GOODS STORES 1 1 2
SHEET METAL WORK MANUFACTURING 8 22 30
SHOE STORES 1 1 2
SHOWCASE, PARTITION, SHELVING, AND LOCKER
SIGN MANUFACTURING 3 3
SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION MANUFACTURING 6 6
SNACK AND NONALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE BARS (PT) 9 3 12
SOCIAL ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS 3 3 1 7
SOFT DRINK MANUFACTURING 2 1 3
SOFTWARE PUBLISHERS 1 1
SOIL PREPARATION, PLANTING, AND CULTIVATING (PT) 1 1
SOLID WASTE COLLECTION 2 2
SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS 152 12 164
SPECIALIZED FREIGHT (EXCEPT USED GOODS)
TRUCKING, LOCAL 8 5 1 14
TRUCKING, LOCAL (PT) 1 1
TRUCKING, LONG-DISTANCE 6 5 11
SPECIALTY (EXCEPT PSYCHIATRIC AND SUBSTANCE
ABUSE) HOSPITALS 10 4 14
SPICE AND EXTRACT MANUFACTURING (PT) 3 3
SPORTING AND ATHLETIC GOODS MANUFACTURING 1 1
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Severity FY 2004
No Time Time Total
SPORTING GOODS STORES 3 1 4
SPORTS AND RECREATION INSTRUCTION 1 1
SPORTS TEAMS AND CLUBS 1 1
STATIONERY AND OFFICE SUPPLIES MERCHANT
WHOLESALERS 10 2 12
STRUCTURAL STEEL ERECTION CONTRACTORS 2 2
SUPERMARKETS AND OTHER GROCERY (EXCEPT
CONVENIENCE) STORES 12 3 15
SUPPORT ACTIVITIES FOR FORESTRY 1 1
SUPPORT ACTIVITIES FOR MINING 1 3 4
SUPPORT ACTIVITIES FOR OIL AND GAS FIELD
OPERATIONS (PT) 16 11 27
SUPPORT ACTIVITIES FOR RAIL TRANSPORTATION 2 2
SUPPORT ACTIVITIES FOR RAIL TRANSPORTATION (PT) 1 1
SURGICAL AND MEDICAL INSTRUMENT MANUFACTURING
(PT) 2 2
SURVEYING AND MAPPING (EXCEPT GEOPHYSICAL)
SERVICES 1 1
TAX PREPARATION SERVICES 1 1
TELEMARKETING BUREAUS 9 2 11
TELEPHONE ANSWERING SERVICES 1 1
TELEPHONE APPARATUS MANUFACTURING 1 2 3
TELEVISION BROADCASTING 6 1 7
TEMPORARY HELP SERVICES 67 25 92
TEMPORARY SHELTERS 1 1
TESTING LABORATORIES 1 1
THEATER COMPANIES AND DINNER THEATERS 1 1
THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATION OF INSURANCE AND
PENSION FUNDS (PT) 1 1
TIRE AND TUBE WHOLESALERS 2 2
TIRE DEALERS 12 5 17
TIRE MANUFACTURING (EXCEPT RETREADING) 1 3 4
TIRE RETREADING 1 1
TITLE ABSTRACT AND SETTLEMENT OFFICES 1 1
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES (EXCEPT
MOTOR VEHICLE) MERCHANT WHOLESALERS 11 3 14
TRAVEL AGENCIES 1 1
TRAVEL TRAILER AND CAMPER MANUFACTURING (PT) 8 1 9
TRUCK TRAILER MANUFACTURING 7 7
UNKNOWN 160 89 249
UNSUPPORTED PLASTICS FILM AND SHEET (EXCEPT
PACKAGING) MANUFACTURING 5 1 6
UNSUPPORTED PLASTICS PACKAGING FILM AND SHEET
MANUFACTURING 2 2
UNSUPPORTED PLASTICS PROFILE SHAPE
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Severity FY 2004
No Time Time Total
USED CAR DEALERS 4 1 5
USED HOUSEHOLD AND OFFICE GOODS MOVING 41 9 50
USED MERCHANDISE STORES 4 3 7
VETERINARY SERVICES 26 4 30
VITREOUS CHINA PLUMBING FIXTURE AND CHINA AND
EARTHENWARE BATHROOM ACCESSORIES
MANUFACTURING 2 2
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES 102 23 125
WAREHOUSE CLUBS AND SUPERCENTERS 122 8 130
WARM AIR HEATING AND AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT
AND SUPPLIES MERCHANT WHOLESALERS 1 1
WASTE COLLECTION 3 1 4
WATER AND SEWER LINE AND RELATED STRUCTURES
CONSTRUCTION 4 3 7
WATER SUPPLY AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS 27 2 29
WATER SUPPLY AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS (PT) 1 1
WHOLESALE TRADE AGENTS AND BROKERS 13 1 14
WINE AND DISTILLED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE MERCHANT
WHOLESALERS 3 10 13
WINE AND DISTILLED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE
WHOLESALERS 1 1 2
WIRED TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIERS 3 3
WOMEN'S AND GIRLS' CUT AND SEW OTHER
OUTERWEAR MANUFACTURING (PT) 1 1
WOMEN'S CLOTHING STORES 2 2
WOOD CONTAINER AND PALLET MANUFACTURING 7 2 9
WOOD KITCHEN CABINET AND COUNTERTOP
WOOD KITCHEN CABINET AND COUNTERTOP
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Section 3
Workers Compensation Claims Statistics
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The Kansas Workers Compensation Fund

The Workers Compensation Fund is a guaranty fund that operates as a payer of last resort for
injured workers in the state of Kansas. The fund is administered by the Commissioner of
Insurance through the Kansas Insurance Department, and makes workers compensation
payments “[i]f an employer has no insurance to secure payment of compensation…and such
employer is financially unable to pay compensation to an injured worker as required by the
workers compensation act, or such employer cannot be located and required to pay such
compensation.”1 In Tables 3-1, 3-2 and 3-3, the Kansas Insurance Department has supplied data
on the Workers Compensation Fund caseload, expenditures and receipts for FY 2002-FY 2004.
Table 3-1
Workers Compensation Fund Case Load Scheduled

FY2004 FY2003 FY2002 FY2001
Total Number of Impleading 120 138 125 112
Total Number of Closed Cases 158 351 258 292
Source: Kansas Insurance Department
Table 3-2
Workers Compensation Fund
Expenditures Analysis
FY 2004 % of Total FY 2003 % of Total FY 2002 % of Total
Disability Compensation $1,051,122 28.76% $1,414,800 34.82% $1,743,881 38.27%
Work Assessment $2,443 0.07% $2,060 0.05% $2,631 0.06%
Medical $925,650 25.33% $777,662 19.14% $1,272,118 27.91%
Reimbursement to Insurance
Companies [K.S.A. 44-569(a)
& K.S.A.44-569]; lump sum
and medical may be included $1,031,498 28.23% $1,233,958 30.37% $876,891 19.24%
Attorney Fees $351,529 9.62% $303,013 7.46% $285,564 6.27%
Court Costs, Deposition,
Medical Reports, etc $34,445 0.94% $40,564 1.00% $51,883 1.14%
Other Operating Expense $257,570 7.05% $291,147 7.17% $324,308 7.12%
Total Expenditures $3,654,258 100.00% $4,063,204 100.00% $4,557,276 100.00%
1
K.S.A. 44-532a.
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Table 3-3
Workers Compensation Fund
Receipts Analysis
% of % of % of
FY 2004 Total FY 2003 Total FY 2002 Total
Assessment Receipts $3,790,122.12 39.50% $757,846 7.77 $398,206 2.29
Misc. Reimbursements $113,760.70 1.19% $96,973 1.00 $189,811 1.09

Fines & Penalties $68,712.80 0.72% $113,822 1.17 $57,877 .33
Transfer to State General Fund ($76,894.00) -0.80% ($4,000,915) 41.01% ($7,000,000) 40.29%
(Senate Bill 363, Sec. 32 (b))
Total Receipts ($3,895,701.62) 40.61% ($3,790,120) 31.07% ($6,752,312) 36.58%

Previous Year Carryover
Balance $5,692,099.97 59.33% $12,792,061 131.07 $23,703,442 136.45
Cancelled Checks $6,243.42 0.07% $37.64 0.00 $22,703.00 0.13
Total Funds Available $9,594,045.01 100 $9,001,979 100 $16,973,833 100

Source: Kansas Insurance
Department
Workers Compensation Insurance Experience

The Kansas Insurance Department reports that the total direct paid losses by private insurance
carriers2 for the calendar year 2003 were $173,028,718, a decrease of $7,225,020 from the
previous year (see Table 3-4). However, total paid losses were still well below the 22-year peak
of $243,751,957 in 1991. In the summer of 2003, the National Academy of Social Insurance
released the results of a comparative study on accident-year incurred losses versus calendar year
benefits by private insurance carriers and state funds in thirty-six states (including Kansas) over
the period 1997-2002.3 The cumulative percent change in accident incurred losses and calendar
year benefits paid for the period of study was a 27.3 percent increase and a 38.7 percent increase,
respectively (not controlled for inflation). In comparison to the other 35 states, Kansas’ accident
year incurred losses for 1997-2002 increased by 31.5 percent. Calendar year benefits paid for
Kansas for 1997-2002 increased by 24.1 percent. If, however, the 2003 totals are included for
Kansas (national numbers not available) the percent increase for accident year incurred loses was
52.8 percent and calendar year benefits paid rose 19.1 percent.
2
The totals in Table 3-4 do not include self-insured employers.
3
Cecili Thompson Williams, Virginia P. Reno, and John F. Burton Jr., Workers Compensation: Benefits, Coverage,
and Costs, 2002 (Washington D.C.: National Academy of Social Insurance, 2003); 37-39.
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Table 3-4
Workers Compensation Insurance Experience
LOSSES
LOSSES INCURRED
DIRECT DIRECT DIRECT DIRECT PAID TO TO
PREMIUMS PREMIUMS LOSSES LOSSES PREMIUMS PREMIUMS
YEAR WRITTEN EARNED PAID INCURRED WRITTEN EARNED
1982 $154,944,245 $152,315,135 $88,345,714 $107,979,341 57 70.9
1983 $147,137,981 $148,669,330 $96,289,968 $115,282,150 65.4 77.5
1984 $141,097,428 $140,223,325 $106,701,375 $125,520,390 75.6 89.5
1985 $172,985,620 $170,955,138 $120,755,675 $147,438,366 69.8 86.2
1986 $208,167,277 $202,033,619 $134,554,116 $170,153,475 64.6 84.2
1987 $223,674,161 $222,846,661 $147,885,631 $195,885,084 66.1 87.9
1988 $257,039,527 $259,548,305 $164,553,813 $208,332,654 64 80.3
1989 $264,102,264 $263,386,009 $184,857,801 $239,142,874 70 90.8
1990 $291,804,714 $293,048,038 $222,309,953 $265,726,660 76.2 90.7
1991 $341,012,872 $337,125,586 $243,751,957 $321,497,577 71.5 95.4
1992 $366,672,022 $363,578,560 $236,878,948 $293,894,584 64.6 80.8
1993 $367,030,245 $365,646,558 $220,091,021 $231,228,324 60 63.2
1994 $338,173,750 $312,116,539 $185,502,395 $192,914,048 54.9 61.8
1995 $312,745,351 $322,205,785 $159,776,412 $139,528,898 51.1 43.3
1996 $274,014,862 $282,897,458 $149,616,189 $130,595,593 54.6 46.2
1997 $261,121,536 $261,895,503 $145,248,549 $134,603,154 55.6 51.6
1998 $250,588,819 $261,594,835 $156,594,835 $126,164,370 62.6 48.2
1999 $251,341,523 $252,545,287 $170,144,109 $179,376,781 67.7 71
2000 $271,480,320 $247,235,161 $170,366,708 $159,226,348 62.8 64.4
2001 $291,575,463 $269,386,691 $190,426,537 $237,335,832 65.31 88.1
2002 $328,963,003 $307,451,748 $180,253,738 $177,083,631 54.79 57.6
2003 $341,421,177 $324,780,102 $173,028,718 $205,767,268 50.68 63.36
The Kansas Closed Claims Study (CCS)

The Workers Compensation Act requires that employers (or their insurers) submit a first report
of injury to the division. Not every injury, however, results in a claim by the injured worker for
medical and/or indemnity compensation, and generally the division becomes aware of a claim
and obtains information that a given claim has closed, and about the costs and duration of that
claim, through only two means. One occurs when that claim has been litigated through the
division's administrative law court system. The second occurs when a sample of insurers are
required by statute to provide information to the division.
K.S.A. 44-557a(c) originally mandated that the Director of Workers Compensation “conduct
studies of open and closed claims under the workers compensation act” and seek advice in order
to “make valid statistical conclusions as to the distributions of costs of workers compensation
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benefits.” The expectation of the division’s Open and Closed Claims Study was that the data
collected will provide a foundation upon which to construct meaningful statistical conclusions
about the costs and temporal characteristics associated with workers compensation claims in
Kansas and identify trends in these claims characteristics over time. Due to the dynamic and
continually evolving nature of medical and indemnity payments for claims not yet closed (open
claims), no meaningful statistics on costs (including daily payments) could be reported, and in
2003 the Legislature altered the statute to no longer obligate the division to collect data on and
report for claims still open.
The CCS study is repeated on an annual basis using the first completed survey study as a
baseline for comparison of successive samples. The intent of this statutory mandate is that the
division should provide the legislature with information that it can use in deciding whether
changes in the provisions of the Workers Compensation Act are needed and, if so, to help
formulate policy responses to identified problems with the program as presently administered.
The 2004 Closed Claims Study (CCS)

The 2004 Closed Claim Study (CCS) marks the sixth consecutive year that the division has
collected claims data directly from a stratified random sample of insurance carriers, self-insured
organizations and group-funded pools underwriting workers compensation in the state of Kansas
(see Appendix). The following section summarizes the findings of the CCS for this past calendar
year (2003).
Highlights from the 2004 Closed Claims Study

For the 2004 closed claims sample, the mean total indemnity cost was $12,637 (see Table
3-10). The median total indemnity cost for the same sample of closed claims was $4,901,
indicating that there were a fair number of claims with large indemnity payouts that
skewed the mean indemnity costs higher than the median.
The mean total medical cost for closed claims was $11,611 (see Table 3-10). Out of this
total, the mean hospital cost was $5,743, the mean total payment to physicians was
$3,216, and the mean cost categorized as “other medical” was $2,427. As with indemnity
claims, the median claim total medical expense was only $5,033, indicating the presence
of a considerable number of large medical claims that skewed the mean total cost higher
than the median.
The average lump sum settlement was $17,393 (for the 957 claims that had a lump sum
involved) while the median cost was considerably less at $7,956.
There were 20 cases that reported vocational rehabilitation expenses for the 2004 sample,
with a mean cost of $1,006.
The median duration of a claim (from date disability began to the date given by the
insurer as the date of closing) was 432 days. Using an alternative method for determining
the length of the claim by calculating the duration of the claim from the date of injury to
the date of closing gives a mean duration of 619 days, or a median of 489 days. See Table
3-5 and 3-10.
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It took an average of 23 days for an insurer to be notified following an accident, with half
of the sample taking six days or less for notification. Insurers took an average of 102 days
from the date disability began to make the first payment to the claimant (it took only 18
days for half of all claims). See Table 3-5 below.
Table 3-5
2004 Closed Claims
Time Intervals*
Time Taken for
Time Taken to Insurer to Get First
Claim Duration Notify Insurer Payment Out Time Off Work
Mean 580 23 102 306
Median 432 7 18 59
Count 1,734 2,780 1,734 1,649
Max 4,742 1,196 4,067 74,423
Min 16 0 1 1
*All time intervals listed are in days.
Nearly 31 percent of the injured workers in the sample had secured the services of an
attorney to handle their claim. The average indemnity costs for claims involving an
attorney ($20,012) were $13,485 greater, on average, than claims without an attorney
($6,527). See Table 3-7.
Mean total medical costs for claims involving an attorney totaled $19,120. For claims not
involving attorneys mean total medical costs were $7,849. Mean lump sum settlements
for claims involving attorneys ($12,082) were far greater than for claims without
attorneys ($3,198). See Table 3-7.
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Table 3-6
2004 Closed Claims
Percentage of Impairment
Bracket Count
1-9% 728
10-19% 349
20-29% 81
30-39% 29
40-49% 16
50-59% 11
60-69% 5
70-79% 1
80-89% 2
90-99% 2
100% 3
Total 1,227
Table 3-7
2004 Closed Claims
Attorney Involvement with Claim
Average Average Average
Count Indemnity Medical Lump Sum
Claimant Attorney Involved 873 $20,012 $19,120 $12,082
No Claimant Attorney 1,907 $6,527 $7,849 $3,198
All Cases 2,780 $10,761 $11,388 $5,987
Mean employer legal expenses, for the 1,058 claims that had these expenses reported,
totaled $2,397, while the mean claimant legal expense was $9,012 for the 59 cases that
itemized expenses. The respective median costs for employer and claimant legal expenses
associated with a claim were $744 and $2,462. See Table 3-8.
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Table 3-8
2004 Closed Claims
Legal Expenses Associated with Claim
Employer's Legal Expenses Claimant's Legal Expenses
Mean $2,397 $9,012
Median $744 $2,462
Count 1,058 59
Table 3-9
2004 Closed Claims
Average Wage & Indemnity by Employer Payroll
Average of Count of
Average Weekly Average of Total Return To Total Cases in
Wage Indemnity Work Each Category
$0 $483 $5,477 4 497
$1-100,000 $3,551 $45,040 21 39
$100,001-$1,000,000 $451 $10,976 150 274
$1,000,001-$10,000,000 $569 $12,780 414 529
Over $10,000,000 $658 $11,224 742 859
Sample Total $607 $10,761 1794 2780
The following highlights refer to the 2004 Closed Claim Study charts that follow below (see
Figures 3-1 through 3-16).
Injured workers in the 30 to 39-year-old age stratum had the greatest number of claims
(766) in the sample, while claimants in the 40 to 49-year-old age stratum were a close
second with 759. See Figure 3-1.
Injured workers in the 0 to19-year-old age stratum reported the highest mean indemnity
costs ($20,149), with those in the 60 to 69-year-old age stratum a close second at
$18,717. See Figure 3-2.
Male claimants reported a slightly higher mean indemnity costs than female claimants
($10,879 for male claimants and $10,038 for female claimants) and higher mean medical
costs ($11,281 for males and $10,140 for females). See Figure 3-3.
Lifting was the most frequent cause of injury resulting in a claim for this year’s study.
The mean indemnity cost for lifting injuries was $10,108 and mean medical costs were
$10,670. However, of the top 10 most frequent causes of injury, those classified as
repetitive motion reported the highest average indemnity costs ($20,427) and medical
costs ($22,403). See Figures 3-4 and 3-5.
Forty percent of the closed claims sample reported strains as the nature of the worker’s
injury. The second most common nature of injury was fractures, followed by sprains.
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See Figure 3-6. However, mean indemnity costs for carpal tunnel syndrome ($14,499)
were the highest indemnity costs by nature of injury. The highest average medical cost by
nature of injury ($48,395) was associated with multiple physical injuries. See Figure 3-7.
The most frequently injured major body region (which consists of all the body parts
condensed down into much broader categories) was the upper extremities (arms, wrists,
hands, elbow, etc.). Lower extremities were second, with the back region the next most
frequently reported injured body region. However, the highest mean indemnity costs
were with claims involving multiple body parts ($14,688), and the highest mean medical
costs for major body region were with claims involving the head ($17,765 mean
medical). See Figures 3-8 and 3-9.
The knee was the most frequently injured body part resulting in scheduled indemnity
benefits but wrist claims had the highest mean indemnity costs ($16,937) and highest
mean medical costs ($19,425). See Figures 3-10 and 3-11.
Injuries involving multiple body parts were the most often injured body part resulting in
unscheduled indemnity benefit, with the lower back area second. However, hip injuries
had the highest mean indemnity ($15,744) and multiple trunk injuries reported the
highest mean medical costs ($28,064) for all unscheduled body part claims. See Figures
3-12 and 3-13.
Temporary total disability (TTD) claims had a mean of $5,025 for indemnity costs.
However, death cases had the highest mean indemnity costs, with $28,514 for seven
cases. See Figures 3-14 and 3-15.
Carpal tunnel syndrome injuries had mean indemnity costs of $14,499 and mean total
medical costs of $22,174. See Figure 3-16.
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Figure 3-1
Distribution of Claimants by Age
CCS 2004
0-19 60
20-29 484
30-39 766
Age Bracket
40-49 759
50-59 527
60-69 151
70-79 23
80- 10
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900

Count
Figure 3-2
Average Claim Costs by Age of Claimant
CCS 2004
0-19 $20,149
$5,232
20-29 $9,655
$6,968
30-39 $11,784
$11,433
Age Bracket
40-49 $11,968
$11,407
50-59 $9,281
$11,060
60-69 $16,686
$18,717
70-79 $7,055
$5,044
80- $9,332
$4,412
0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000
Claim Amount ($)
Average Indemnity Average Medical
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Figure 3-3
Average Claim Cost by Gender of Claimant
CCS 2004
$63,786
Unknown
$26,839
Gender
$10,140
Female
$10,038
$11,281
Male
$10,879
$0 $10,000 $20,000 $30,000 $40,000 $50,000 $60,000 $70,000
Average Claim ($)

Average Indemnity Average Medical
Figure 3-4
Most Frequent Causes of Injury
CCS 2004
Lifting 367
Cumulative, NOC 179
Repetitive Motion 168
Pushing or Pulling 153
From Different Level (Elevation) 146
Cause
Fall, Slip or Trip, NOC 136

On Same Level 123
Strain or Injury by NOC 121
Other-Miscellaneous, NOC 105
Object Being Lifted or Handled 87
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400

Count
100
Figure 3-5
Average Claim Costs for the Most Frequent Causes of Injury
CCS 2004
Lifting $10,670
$10,108
Cumulative, NOC $5,225
$10,976
Repetitive Motion $22,403
$20,427
Pushing or Pulling $8,140
$8,895
From Different Level (Elevation) $13,764
$11,732
Cause
Fall, Slip or Trip, NOC $9,884

$10,397
On Same Level $9,336
$9,973
Strain or Injury by NOC $10,491
$11,973
Other-Miscellaneous, NOC $7,937
$10,989
Object Being Lifted or Handled $10,556
$6,962
$0 $5,000 $10,000 $15,000 $20,000 $25,000

Average Medical
Average Claim ($)
Average Indemnity
Figure 3-6
Most Frequently Reported Nature of Claimant Injury
CCS 2004
Strain 1,131
Fracture 287
Sprain 232
Contusion 200
Laceration 164
Nature
All other Specific Injuries, NOC 135
Inflammation 80
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome 80
Hernia 64
Multiple Physical Injuries Only 53
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200

Count
101
Figure 3-7
Average Claim Costs for Most Frequently Reported Natures
of Injury
CCS 2004
Strain $7,966
$10,047
Fracture $13,627
$12,738
Sprain $9,483
$10,670
Contusion $9,453
$7,880
$8,714
Nature
Laceration $5,630
All other Specific Injuries, NOC $10,673
$12,073
Inflammation $8,214
$9,754
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome $22,174
$14,499
Hernia $9,575
$3,424
Multiple Physical Injuries Only $48,395
$13,177
$0 $10,000 $20,000 $30,000 $40,000 $50,000 $60,000

Average Medical Average Claim ($)
Average Indemnity
Figure 3-8
Most Frequent Major Body Region Injured by Claimant
CCS 2004
Upper Extremities 1,122
Lower Extremities 682
Back 429
Body Region
Multiple Body Parts/Miscellaneous 221
Trunk 160
Head 89
Neck 77
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200

Count
102
Figure 3-9
Average Claim Costs by Major Body Region Injured by
Claimant
CCS 2004
Upper Extremities $11,039
$10,740
Lower Extremities $11,636

$8,961
Back $9,505
Body Region
$13,352
Multiple Body Parts/Miscellaneous $12,483

$14,668
Trunk $13,429
$7,338
Head $17,765
$7,037
Neck $10,012
$12,793
$0 $2,000 $4,000 $6,000 $8,000 $10,000 $12,000 $14,000 $16,000 $18,000 $20,000

Average Indemnity
Figure 3-10
Most Frequent Scheduled Body Part Claims
CCS 2004
Knee 302
Shoulder(s) 218
Finger(s) 134
Wrist 117
Body Part
Hand 103
Ankle 93
Upper Arm 86
Foot 73
Elbow 67
Lower Leg 56
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350

Count
103
Figure 3-11
Average Claim Costs for Most Frequent Scheduled Body
Part Claims
CCS 2004
Knee $14,237
$9,094
Shoulder(s) $15,833
$15,818
Finger(s) $5,754
$3,738
Wrist $19,425
$16,937
Body Part
Hand $7,722
$7,938
Ankle $5,225
$5,379
Upper Arm $10,520

$9,811
Foot $8,364
$8,766
Elbow $7,884
$6,677
Lower Leg $10,190

$8,045
$0 $5,000 $10,000 $15,000 $20,000 $25,000
Average Indemnity
Figure 3-12
Most Frequent Unscheduled Body Part Claims
CCS 2004
Multiple Body Parts 485

Lowe r Back Are a 378
Multiple Uppe r Extre mitie s 88
Abdome n 61
Body Part
Hip 37
Multiple Trunk 36
Multiple Ne ck Injury 32
Ear(s) 31
C he st 30
Uppe r Back Are a 29
0 100 200 300 400 500 600

Count
104
Figure 3-13
Average Claim Costs for Most Frequent Unscheduled Body
Parts CCS 2004
Multiple Body Parts (including Body $10,590
Systems & Body Parts) $12,128
Lower Back Area $9,141

$12,889
Multiple Upper Extremities $10,539

$11,676
Abdomen $7,637
$2,621
Body Part
Hip $20,754
$15,744
Multiple Trunk $28,064

$9,922
Multiple Neck Injury $6,078

$12,211
Ear(s) $1,605
$9,396
Chest $14,625
$12,584
Upper Back Area $9,323

$10,294
$0
Average Medical $5,000 $10,000 $15,000 $20,000 $25,000 $30,000 $35,000
Average Indemnity Average Claim ($)
Figure 3-14
Most Frequent Benefit Type of Claimant
CCS 2004
Temporary Partial 148
Indemnity Portion of
2
Expenses (1)
Temporary Total 1969
Unscheduled Permanent
525
Partial
Scheduled Permanent Partial
426
Permanent Total Disability 11
Death 7
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500
105
Figure 3-15
Average Indemnity Costs by Benefit Type
CCS 2004
Temporary Partial $1,785
Indemnity Portion of Expenses (1) $1,000
Temporary Total $5,025

Injury Type
Unscheduled Permanent Partial $11,289
Scheduled Permanent Partial $9,978
Permanent Total Disability $5,112
Death $28,514
$0 $5,000 $10,000 $15,000 $20,000 $25,000 $30,000 $35,000

Average Indemnity ($)
Figure 3-16
Claim Costs for Carpal Tunnel and All Other Cumulative
Injuries
CCS 2004
Average Claim ($)

$0 $10,000 $20,000 $30,000 $40,000 $50,000
Average Indemnity $38,797

$14,499
Average Total Medical $35,792

Payment Type
$22,174
$22,326
Average Hospital Cost* $12,042
Average Payments to Physicians* $12,312

$8,488
Average of Other Medical Payments* $1,155

$1,645
All Other Cumulative Injury, NOC Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
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Comparative Analysis of 1999-2004 CCS Claims Costs and Temporal

Characteristics
K.S.A. 44-557a(c) mandates the Director of Workers Compensation “to conduct studies of open
and closed claims under the workers compensation act” and to seek advice in order to “make
valid statistical conclusions as to the distributions of costs of workers compensation benefits.”
The expectation of the division’s Closed Claims Study is that the data collected will provide a
foundation upon which to construct meaningful statistical conclusions about the costs and
temporal characteristics associated with workers compensation claims in Kansas and help
identify trends in these claims characteristics over time. The CCS study is repeated on an annual
basis using the first completed survey study as a baseline for comparison of successive samples.
2004 marks the sixth year that the division has reported its findings.
Univariate Statistics
Univariate statistics are important quantitative tools for describing the statistical distribution of
workers compensation data. The term “univariate” refers to the presentation or analysis of one
variable at a time and usually involves such descriptive statistics as frequency distributions,
measures of central tendency (e.g., mean and median) and dispersion (e.g., variance and standard
deviation). Important variables associated with workers compensation claims include the
following:
total indemnity costs for the claim

total medical costs for the claim
total physician, hospital and other medical costs for the claim
claim duration (calculated from date of injury to date of closing)4
time away from work (calculated from date of disability to return to work date)
medical recovery time for the claim (calculated from date of injury to date of maximum
medical improvement)
These eight workers compensation variables will be analyzed in this section of the report. Some
of the definitions for these variables differ slightly than those reported above. See Tables 3-11
through 3-16.
It is extremely important to note that after six years of analyzing claims data from the
sample study, the division has concluded that the distribution of medical and indemnity
claim costs in Kansas are not normally distributed and, therefore, the median is a more
appropriate measure of central tendency for summarizing the closed claims costs data
than the mean (“average”) since the median value is relatively unaffected by high cost
4
In Table 3-6 claim duration is calculated from date of claim closing back to the date of disability. For purposes
here claim duration is calculated as back to the date of injury in order to reflect the full duration of a claim.
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outliers. A word of caution: none of these numbers has been controlled for inflation (see
the division web site at www.dol.ks.gov for 1998-2002 costs controlled for inflation).
Median5 costs for all cost variables were substantially lower than the mean for all six
years of the CCS study. Median total indemnity costs for 2004 were $4,901, for the 2003
CCS study they were $3,695, for the 2002 CCS study they were $2,573, for the 2001
CCS they were $2,296, an increase of 8.5 percent from 2000 ($2,115), but a decrease of
21.5 percent from 1999 ($2,926). For the period 1999-2003, median total indemnity costs
increased 40 percent. Again, the relative increase is not controlled for inflation.
Median total medical costs have risen each year that the CCS study has collected workers
compensation claims data, a relative increase of 106 percent from 1999-2004. Median
medical costs in 2004 were $5,033; in 2003, median total medical costs were $4,285.50;
median total medical costs in 2002 were $4,108.50; and in 2001, median costs were
$3,834.
From 1999 to 2004, mean6 total indemnity increased by $4,701.14 or 59 percent. The
confidence interval of the parameter mean for 2004 is $11,286.71 - $13,987.75. Total
indemnity in the 2003 study was $9,288.44 +/- $412.84, or between $8,875.60 and
$9,701.28. For the 2002 study, mean indemnity was $7,442.08 +/- $307.06, or between
$7,135.02 and $7,749.14. For 2001, mean indemnity was $6,530.81 +/- $228.65, or
somewhere between $6,302.16 and $6,759.46. For the 2000 CCS sample, it was
$7,235.45 +/- $264.76 or between $6,970.69 and $7,500.20 and for the 1999 CCS sample
it was $7936.09 +/- $306.92 or between $7,629.17 and $8,243.01.
Mean total medical costs, however, have risen 98.4 percent ($5,758.31) over the past six
years. Reported mean total medical costs for the 2004 sample were $11,611.90 +/-
$1,026.30. For the 2003 CCS sample, mean medical costs were $8,401.91 +/- $405.68 or
between $7,996.23 and $8,807.59. For the 2002 CCS sample, mean total medical costs
were $7,879.78 +/- $332.67 or between $7,547.11 and $8,212.45. For 2001, mean costs
were $7,108.58 +/- $232.69 (between $6,857.89 and $7,341.27); for 2000, mean medical
costs were $6,872.88 +/- $280.39 (between $6,592.49 and $7,063.27); and for 1999
$5,853.59 +/- $277.05 (between $5,576.54 and $6,130.64).
Univariate statistics associated with total physician, total hospital and total other medical
costs for 1999-2004 are listed in Tables 3-11 through 3-16.
As with median claim costs, the median numbers of days for the temporal characteristics
associated with the claim are substantially lower than the mean. Median claim duration
for the 2004 sample was 489 days. For the 2003 sample it was 384.5, for 2002 it was
324.5, for 2001 it was 332 days, for 2000 the median number of days was 329 and for
1999 it was 314 days. For time away from work, the median number of days for 2004
was 35 days. For the 2003, 2002, 2001 and 2000 CCS it was 31 days, 47 days, 32 days
and 29 days, respectively. Median medical recovery time was higher than time away
from work but lower than claim duration for all six years of the study (246 days in 2004,
163.5 days in 2003, 241.5 days in 2002, 174 days in 2001, 151 days in 2000 and 183 days
in 1999).
5
The median is simply the midpoint value (50th percentile) of the distribution, half of all values are above it and half
are below it. The median is “resistant” to outliers, unlike the mean.
6
The mean is the arithmetic average of a set of numbers.
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The mean claim duration for all claims in 2004 was 619.8 +/- 11 days. The 2003 CCS
sample was 551.97 +/- 14.61days. For the 2002 CCS sample, it was 500.49 +/- 13.04
days. For the 2001 CCS sample, mean claim duration was 449.83 +/- 9.19 days.
Mean time away from work for the 2004 CCS sample was 272.2 days, +/- 87.26 days.
The 2003 mean time away from work, calculated as the time from disability to the date
the claimant returned to work, was 2,385.44 +/- 291.8 days. In 2002, mean time away
from work was 124.77 +/- 6.9 days, for 2001 mean time away from work was 76.42 +/-
3.27 days, and it was 89.93 +/- 4.28 days in 2000. No data was available for the 1999
CCS sample.
Mean medical recovery time for 2004 was 367.9 days, +/- 8.43 days. For 2003 it was
323.14 +/- 13.53, for 2002 it was 391.55 +/- 11.53 days, for 2001 it was 260.47 +/- 6.47
days, for the 2000 CCS sample it was 256.46 +/- 6.52 days, and in 1999 mean recovery
time was 279.04 +/- 6.77 days.
Statistical measures of dispersion, such as the standard deviation or skewness, help explain how
the outliers “inflate” the mean for both claim costs and characteristics variables. All eight
variables show a positive skewness value (greater than zero) for all six years of the CCS study.
For all years, the sample distributions for claim costs and temporal variables have been
positively skewed, or right skewed. Compared to a normally distributed variable, in the shape of
a bell curve, the distribution of claim costs (for both indemnity and all medical variables) are
skewed to the right with most of the claims bunched near the left wall of the histogram while a
relatively few claims extend the histogram out to the right and give it a long tail. Hence, we use
the term right skewed or positively skewed because the values in the tail extend the distribution
out into positive, not negative, values. A quantitative assessment of the skewness of a
distribution can be calculated (see Tables 3-11 through 3-16), but it must be assessed in
conjunction with another measure, the kurtosis or the tendency of the data to be distributed
toward the ends or tails of the spread.
All eight variables show a positive skewness value (greater than zero) for all six years of the
CCS study. For a normally distributed variable, the kurtosis statistic would be close to zero.7 If
the kurtosis measure is less than zero, then the distribution is referred to as “light tailed” and if
greater than zero it is described as “heavy tailed.” Since the distributions of all the variables
under study are asymmetrical (values cannot be less than zero), the kurtosis measures signals that
there are a substantial number of outliers (high cost and large number of days) in the tails of the
distribution for the variables under study (the kurtosis is much higher for some of the medical
cost variables).
7
Actually, the kurtosis of the normal distribution is three but SAS software subtracts three from the calculation so
that the reference point becomes zero, a more intuitively appealing number in their estimation.
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Figure 3-17
Average (Median) Total Indemnity & Medical
Claim Costs in Kansas 1999-2004
$6,000
$5,033.00
$5,000
$4,901.00
$4,000
$4,285.50
$4,108.50
$3,834.00 $3,695.00
$3,000 $3,342.00
$2,926.00
$2,000 $2,447.00 $2,573.00
$2,296.00
$2,115.00
$1,000
$0
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Total Indemnity (dollars) Total Medical (dollars)
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Figure 3-18
Average (Median) Temporal Characteristics of
Claims in Kansas 1999-2004
600
500 489
400 384.5
314 329 332 324.5
300
241.5 246
200 183 174 163.5
151
100
29 32 47 31 35
0
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Claim Duration (days) Time Away from Work (days) Medical Recovery (days)
Table 3-10
2004 CCS: Workers Compensation Claims in Kansas
Coefficient
Standard Standard of
Mean Error Median Deviation Skewness Kurtosis Variation n
Total Indemnity (dollars) 12,637.23 1,350.52 4,901 71,207.00 32.74 1295.30 563.47 2,780
Total Medical (dollars) 11,611.90 1,026.30 5,033 54,102.50 21.19 513.33 465.92 2,779
Total Physician Costs (dollars) 3,216.60 216.03 1,682 11,390.20 25.28 764.21 354.10 2,780
Total Hospital Costs (dollars) 5,743.70 681.78 1,312 35,947.50 21.44 511.40 625.86 2,780
Total Other Medical (dollars) 2,427.70 317.00 666 16,714.23 45.37 2,254.42 688.47 2,780
Claim Duration (days) 619.80 11.01 489 526.13 2.33 8.92 84.88 2,283
Time Away from Work (days) 272.20 87.26 35 3,482.18 19.95 399.44 1,279.28 1,593
Medical Recovery (days) 367.90 8.43 246 402.8 3.38 22.74 109.48 2,283
*Claims that closed in 2003 with paid indemnity & medical.
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Table 3-11
2003 CCS: Workers Compensation Claims in Kansas
Coefficient
Total Indemnity (dollars) 9,288.44 412.84 3,695.00 16,169.58 4.37 29.04 174.08 1,534
Total Medical (dollars) 8,401.91 405.68 4,285.50 12,902.78 8.84 126.75 189.11 1,534
Total Physician Costs (dollars) 2,011.69 98.43 585.50 3,855.20 5.70 57.57 191.64 1,534
Total Hospital Costs (dollars) 2,517.56 175.59 103.00 6,877.38 9.52 139.63 273.18 1,534
Total Other Medical (dollars) 1,443.76 107.61 200.00 4,214.82 16.67 440.03 291.93 1,534
Claim Duration (days) 551.97 14.61 384.50 572.27 2.67 9.31 103.68 1,534
Time Away from Work (days) 2,385.44 291.80 31.00 2,385.45 3.64 11.27 374.25 936
Medical Recovery (days) 323.14 13.53 163.50 439.40 2.82 10.10 135.98 1,054
Table 3-12
2002 CCS: Workers Compensation Claims* in Kansas
Coefficient
Total Indemnity (dollars) 7,442.08 307.06 2573.00 12,863.64 3.82 18.93 172.85 1,755
Total Physician Costs (dollars) 2,072.15 77.65 1202.00 2,828.64 5.28 53.14 136.51 1,327
Total Hospital Costs (dollars) 3,902.37 189.37 2,327.50 5,897.96 5.12 42.04 151.14 970
Time Away from Work (days) 124.77 6.90 47.00 243.90 6.28 57.74 195.52 1,249
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Table 3-13
Coefficient
Total Indemnity (dollars) 6,530.81 228.65 2296.0 10,746.36 3.61 17.84 164.55 2,209
Total Medical (dollars) 7,108.58 232.69 3834.0 10,936.24 5.98 66.35 153.85 2,209
Total Physician Costs (dollars) 2,282.25 66.82 1,351.5 3,077.74 4.14 29.34 134.86 2,122
Total Hospital Costs (dollars) 4,314.73 187.53 2300.0 7,594.41 8.94 140.10 176.01 1,640
Table 3-14
Coefficient
Total Medical (dollars) 6,872.88 280.39 3.342.00 13,892.52 11.06 200.06 202.14 2,455
Total Hospital Costs (dollars) 4215.40 200.59 2,051.50 8,231.63 10.06 175.24 195.28 1,684
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Table 3-15
Coefficient
Total Hospital Costs (dollars) 3,612.86 171.30 1,655.0 6,538.48 6.41 68.60 180.98 1,457
Total Other Medical (dollars) 1,777.74 221.00 517.5 9,371.18 35.10 1,383.89 527.14 1,798
Time Away from Work (days) n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Total Claim Costs for CCS 1999-2003

The total costs for the claim were calculated for each year of the CCS and included:
total indemnity costs for the claim
total medical costs for the claim, which included the total physician, hospital and other
medical costs
Median total claim costs per sample year are reported in Table 3-16. From calendar years 1998
to 2003 median total claim costs (the sum of total indemnity and medical) increased 65 percent,
not controlling for inflation. Median total claim costs for 2003 were $11,242.50. The indemnity
percentage of the total claim costs per sample has ranged between 47 percent in 2001 to 52.5
percent in both 1998 and 2002. The medical percentage of the total claim costs per sample has
ranged between 47 percent in 1998 and 53 percent in 2001.
Table 3-16
CCS Total Costs for Claims 1999-2004
Median Total Percent Percent
Sample Year Costs* Indemnity Medical
1998 $6,809.00 52.58% 47.42%
1999 $6,271.00 51.28% 48.72%
2000 $7,064.00 47.88% 52.12%
2001 $7,398.50 46.96% 53.04%
2002 $9,147.50 52.51% 47.49%
2003 $11,242.50 52.12% 47.88%
*Sum of total incurred indemnity & medical per claim
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Section 4
Workers Compensation Fraud and Abuse
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FRAUD & ABUSE SECTION
The Workers Compensation Fraud and Abuse Investigation unit was established in 1994. The
unit is staffed with three investigators and an Administrative Specialist, with an Assistant
Attorney General supervising the unit. The unit’s responsibilities include identifying potential
fraud and abuse in the workers compensation arena by investigating allegations, referred to or
developed by the unit, of violations of the workers compensation regulations and laws as stated
in K.S.A. 44-5,120 and K.S.A. 44-5,125. Provable violations may be taken before a hearing
officer in a civil action or may be presented to local county or district attorneys for criminal
prosecution. Since the inception of the unit, it has investigated more than 1,578 alleged
fraudulent or abusive acts.
In the 2004 fiscal year, 304 cases were initiated. Twenty-six cases were referred for civil action.
Collection for fines and assessments totaled $80,595.05 for fiscal year 2004.
The objectives of the unit are to: assure that the injured worker receives timely required medical
treatment and benefits; protect the employer, carrier and medical provider from fraudulent acts;
assure that the businesses within the state are compliant by maintaining worker compensation
insurance coverage; and assure that the division receives required documents in a timely manner.
Referrals
Information Received by the Unit
The Fraud and Abuse unit receives information on alleged fraud and other violations of the
workers compensation laws by phone, fax, e-mail (including through our web site), regular mail
or submissions from one of the other sections of the Division of Workers Compensation.
Allegations of fraud and abuse are designated as a referral. This referral is reviewed by the
Assistant Attorney General to determine if sufficient information is evident to warrant an
investigation. If there is sufficient information, the case is assigned to a Special Investigator. If
insufficient information exists, the matter is returned to the complaining party for further
information or, if that is not possible, the referral is recorded but no investigation commences.
Types of Fraud
The unit classifies the type of fraud reported as it relates to the fraud and abuse statues as well as
the compliance statutes. Table 4-1 lists the types of fraud, abuse and compliance cases reported
to the unit over the past year.
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Table 4-1
Number of Fraud, Abuse and Compliance Cases Reported
Type of Fraud, Abuse and Compliance Referrals Total
Obtaining or denying benefits by making false statements either 56
orally or written: K.S.A. 44-5,120 (d)(4)
Failing to confirm benefits to anyone providing treatment to a 9
claimant: K.S.A. 44-5 120(d)(15)
Failing to initiate or reinstate compensation when due: K.S.A.44- 2
5,120 (d)(16)
Refusing to pay compensation as and when due: K.S.A. 44-5,120 1
(d)(18)
Refusing to pay any order awarding compensation: K.S.A. 44- 6
5,120 (d)(19)
Failing to timely file accident reports: K.S.A. 44-557 83
Receiving TTD or PTD benefits while working: K.S.A. 44-5,125 12
(a)(1)(D)
Failing to maintain workers compensation insurance when 109
required: K.S.A. 44-532 (d)
All other fraudulent and abusive practices 26
Investigations
The Fraud and Abuse unit has three full-time investigators. These investigators are not law
enforcement officers. However, they perform investigative duties almost identical to those
performed by sworn law enforcement. The investigation process includes activities such as
interviewing witnesses, collecting evidence, forming liaisons with law enforcement groups, as
well as special fraud investigation units within the insurance industry, and testifying in
administrative and criminal actions.
Once an investigation is complete, the investigator will prepare a summary for the Assistant
Attorney General to review. Criminal or administrative action commences if the Assistant
Attorney General determines that there is sufficient information to sustain the burden of proof in
either a criminal or administrative action.
If the information indicates an insurance company as the alleged fraud violator, that information
is referred to the Kansas Insurance Department, which has the authority to bring fraud and/or
abusive practice actions against insurance companies.
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Prosecution
The unit is authorized to initiate criminal or administrative action against individuals and entities
that appear to have committed fraud or abuse of the workers compensation system. The unit has
been extremely aggressive in this area. Civil actions are divided into compliance and fraud
actions in the table below.
Table 4-2
Number of Cases
Compliance 18
Fraud/Abuse 8
Criminal 0
Total 26
Collections
During either a criminal or administrative action, a penalty, fine or restitution is requested, but
not necessarily ordered, by the judge or hearing officer. The total amount collected for FY 2004
was $80,595.05. The unit makes every attempt to collect the fund owed without any assistance.
However, in some instances the Legal Services division of the Kansas Department of Labor is
used to file a collection action. Once the money is received, by law it must be deposited in the
appropriate fund.
Table 4-3
Fraud, Abuse, and Compliance Collections
Fraud and Abuse Fines: K.S.A. 44-5,120 & 44- $11,290.46
557
Compliance Fines: K.S.A. 44-532 $68,844.59
Restitution $ 460.00
Total $80,595.05
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Conclusion
The Division of Workers Compensation Fraud and Abuse unit is and will continue aggressively
investigating and prosecuting workers compensation violators. If you wish to report an employer
failing to comply with the Workers Compensation Act, engaging in an act of fraud, or if you just
have questions for the unit, please do not hesitate to contact the division.
FRAUD HOTLINE FRAUD E-MAIL ADDRESS

1-800-332-0353 24hrs/day Gina.Rogers@dol.ks.gov
1-785-296-6392 (8am-5pm)
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Appendix A
Technical Notes:
Occupational Injury and Illness
Incidence Rates
and
Closed Claims Study
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Occupational Injury and Illness Incidence Rates

BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses: The Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS),
with the help of the state agencies, selects a non-proportional stratified probability sample of
employment establishments and mails them questionnaires. Employers are instructed to record
all nonfatal employee injury and illness incidents, number of days away from work for each
recorded injury/illness, the number of employee hours worked and the establishment’s average
employment. Participants in the annual survey consist of employers who maintain Occupational
Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) records on employee injuries and illnesses on a
regular basis under federal law and smaller employers who are exempt from OSHA record
keeping requirements. The data collection process differs for the former and the latter. The
former are mailed a questionnaire in February, following the survey year, and are asked to
transfer from their records all injuries and illnesses incurred as well as demographic and hours
worked data. The latter, exempt employers (those with fewer than 11 employees and those
designated as “low-hazard industries” by OSHA) are notified in December of the prior year (e.g.,
contacted in December of 2000 to record injuries for the 2001 survey) that they have been
chosen to participate in the survey and must keep records of all employee injuries. The
participating state agencies are responsible for collecting data from employers within their
jurisdiction and for submitting these questionnaires to BLS for analysis. The BLS uses its
incidence rates as a benchmark by which to compare the frequency of injuries and illnesses
occurring within jurisdictions, industries or specific occupations for a calendar year. The variable
“Total Injuries and Illnesses per 100 Full-time workers” (the most widely quoted measure) is
calculated as follows:
Formula: IR = (N/EH) x 200,000

IR = Incidence Rate
N = Total number of occupational injuries and illnesses
EH = Total hours worked by all private industry employees during the calendar
year
200,000 = Base for 100 equivalent full-time workers - 40 hours per and 50 weeks
per year
Kansas Occupational Injury and Illness Incidence Rates: The division collects data on the
entire population of workplace injuries and illnesses in the state of Kansas through its first report
of injury form, and stores it in its relational database. Every employer covered under the Workers
Compensation Act that has workplace injuries must submit first reports of injury. The severity of
each occupational accident or illness and the industrial classification code are mandatory data
elements that must be reported by employers to the state. The severity of each accident or illness
is exhibited by the numerical code representing the following severity categories: 0-No time lost,
1-Time lost and 2- Fatality. The division’s analysts utilized the BLS statistical formula (see
above) to calculate the incidence of injury for each severity classification for Kansas’s non-
federal employment hours for the past ten fiscal years. Data used in the calculation of incidence
rates was obtained from the Kansas Labor Market Information Services and division databases.
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Kansas Closed Claims Study (CCS) Methodology

The following is a description of the methodology used by the Technology and Statistics Section
of the division for the 2004 Closed Claims Study (CCS).
Sample Design: The division consulted with a professor of statistics from Washburn University
in order to achieve both efficiency and effectiveness in the CCS Study. Rather than collecting
data from the entire population of claims for a calendar year, which would be impractical (as it
would result in very large data sets), extremely expensive and labor intensive, the division’s
researchers randomly sample from the population and make valid inferences about its
characteristics using reliable and credible statistical techniques.
Typically, it is preferable to use simple random sampling in a study of this nature. The goal of
simple random sampling designs is to ensure that each element in the population has an equal
chance of being selected for the study. However, this type of one-stage sampling of carriers is
not an appropriate option for the CCS study because the division must have a sample that is
sufficiently large and accurately representative of the population in order to perform relevant
statistical inference in this way. The sample must also preserve the power of equal probability
associated with simple random sampling for statistical purposes. This enables the researchers to
process the statistics without having to weight any of the data, thus making the calculations
simpler and easier for the public to understand. The paid loss claims are not evenly distributed
within the carrier population. The carriers with higher paid losses tend to have a higher
proportion of paid loss claims. Therefore, the division needed to sample a larger percentage of
these carriers in order to ensure that the sample was representative of the total population. In
order to accommodate this situation, the division utilizes a two-stage type of probability
sampling procedure known as “disproportionate stratified sampling.” Unlike a simple random
design, the stratified sample design ensures that different groups within the population will be
adequately represented in the sample, thus increasing the accuracy of the parameter estimations.
The general strategy employed is to first create strata (subsets of the total population) that are
more homogeneous than the population as a whole, and then to sample a different fraction of
each stratum population. Then, when combined, the resulting sample will be reasonably
representative of the more heterogeneous total population. Furthermore, each carrier is required
to sample claims from their database using simple random sampling techniques. This resulting
sample will preserve the principle of simple random selection as each carrier of the sample is
randomly selected from within each stratum.
The study team estimated that in order to obtain a statistically significant sample, it would be
sufficient to sample approximately 35-40 insurance carriers, pools and self-insured
organizations. The sampling method is as follows: The population was first stratified according
to paid losses. The specific variable used to stratify this population was a percent of total paid
losses for all workers compensation claims in the state of Kansas. Subsequent to stratification,
the division selected carriers from each stratum by utilizing a random number generator. All
carriers in any particular stratum had the same chances of being selected as any other carrier in
the same stratum. The selected carriers were then asked to randomly select claims from their own
databases that met the CCS study criteria. In consultation with the division’s statistician, the
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division stratified the population as follows: stratum 1 contains all members of the population
with greater than or equal to two percent of the total paid losses; stratum 2 contains all members
of the population with greater than or equal to one percent (but less than two percent) of the total
paid losses; stratum 3 contains all members of the population with greater than or equal to 0.5
percent (but less than one percent) of total paid losses; stratum 4 contains those members with
greater than or equal to 0.25 percent (but less than 0.5 percent) of total paid losses; and stratum 5
contains members with greater than or equal to 0.1 percent (but less than 0.25 percent) of total
paid losses. As discussed above, carriers from the strata needed to be sampled disproportionately
in order to maintain the principle of simple random sampling. After running a sampling
procedure and modifying sampling numbers, final sampling percentages were established for the
various strata. One hundred percent of the elements of stratum 1 were selected, 53.8 percent of
the elements of stratum 2 were selected, 34 percent of the elements of stratum 3 were selected,
12.9 percent of the elements of stratum 4 were selected, and 11.5 percent of the elements of
stratum 5 were selected. This resulted in a total sample of 38 elements from the total population,
which satisfies the requirement of 35-40 elements necessary for a statistically significant sample
in this case. On occasion, if the situation arises, the director of the division may need to enlarge
the study or substitute carriers for political, administrative or financial reasons. In order to
accommodate the possibility of this occurrence, the division created a backup list of carriers by
first removing the initially selected carriers from the original database and sampling from the
resulting list.
Data Collection: The organizations included in the study were then asked by the division to
randomly sample from their databases approximately 200 (or less, if they did not have 200)
claims for the specified calendar year. The sample was to be taken from each entity’s pool of
claims, including both medical and indemnity payments. Each claim in the sample also was
required to have been open at least one day during the period of January 1, 2003, to December
31, 2003. The expected sample size of both the open and closed claims was approximately 3,765
random claims.
The division secured permission from the National Council on Compensation Insurance to print
and use the Detailed Claim Information (DCI) survey instrument in order to create data
definitions and structure for the Kansas Closed Claims Study survey. DCI is a national standard
for reporting comprehensive claim data from insurance carriers. Adhering to the DCI structure,
programmers in the Kansas Department of Labor created two software packages to assist
reporting entities. One package was a manual entry system; the other application allowed a text
file to be imported electronically. Both products included editing limitations on inputs to certain
data fields. In addition, the division’s analysts performed data scrubbing on the data sets to
ensure that accurate aggregate statistics were reported to the legislature.
To assist reporting organizations in understanding data requirements and use of the new
software, the division offered assistance upon request. Following distribution of both software
products, reporting entities were asked to provide data by May 31, 2004, on the complete history
of their sample of claims. In addition, the division asked that information on charges paid for
certain types of services were reported quarterly for claims remaining open within the sample
group.
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Response Rate: Non-response bias is always a threat to the accuracy of a sample because non-
respondents may differ significantly from survey respondents. Typically, in any study such as
this one, certain organizations do not respond due to various circumstances, including, but not
limited to, bankruptcy, refusal to answer or lost forms. In order to assess whether the CCS
sample suffered from non-response bias, the division calculated an estimated response rate for
the study. In order to do this, the division first assumed that claims reported by the carriers who
had less than the required 200 were, in fact, all of their claims for the year 2003. For the purposes
of calculating the non-response rate, the total number of claims not reported was estimated by
comparing the number of submitted claims from carriers in the study within the same stratum.
Specifically, the statistical mean of the number of claims received per carrier in each stratum was
used to estimate the number of claims expected from each non-respondent in the same stratum.
This estimation is known as the “mean imputation.” The total number of claim records that the
division received was 2,708 out of an estimated 2,860 sampling units. The division used the
following standard formula to calculate the response rate, R: R=1-[(n-r)/n], where n = sample
size, and r = number of actual responses. The division’s analysts calculated a response rate of
approximately 97.12 percent for this study, and thus a corresponding non-response rate of
approximately 2.88 percent. The division, in consultation with its statistician, concluded that the
sample did not suffer from systematic non-response bias.
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Division of Workers Compensation

Jim Garner, Secretary of Labor

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MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY OF LABOR

Jim Garner, Secretary of Labor

Maximum Compensation Schedule

Date of Injury Maximum Benefit

July 1, 1994-June 30, 1995 $319

CATEGORIES OF DISABILITY COMPENSATION BENEFITS

KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Division of Workers Compensation

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Insurance Experience and Workers Compensation Fund Tables furnished by:

SECTION TWO: Incidence of Workplace Injury and Illness in Kansas ............................................ 29

SECTION THREE: Workers Compensation Claims Statistics............................................................ 90

SECTION FOUR: Workers Compensation Fraud and Abuse........................................................... 115

APPENDIX A: Technical Notes............................................................................................................. 120

LISTS OF TABLES, CHARTS, and FIGURES

LISTS OF TABLES, CHARTS, and FIGURES

Public Resources Operations Legal Industrial Safety &

Ombudsman & Coverage & Compliance Judicial Boiler Safety

Seminars Planning Data Entry Workers Compensation Industrial Hygiene

Applications Technology & Statistics Mediation Industrial Safety

Research Business, Accounting & Fraud & Abuse Federal/State

Data Collection Verification Medical Services Special Activities

Business, Accounting and Self-Insured Unit

Qualified Employers 234 244 257 250 240 243

Group-Funded Pools in Force 15 15 15 15 15 15

Coverage and Compliance Unit

Data Entry and Verification Units

Technology and Statistics Unit

Workers Compensation Appeals Board

Table 1-3 Continued

Medical Services Unit

Fraud and Abuse Unit

PUBLIC RESOURCES SECTION

PUBLIC RESOURCE SECTION

Seminars Planning Unit

PUBLIC RESOURCE SECTION

PUBLIC RESOURCE SECTION

PUBLIC RESOURCE SECTION

Data Collection Unit

INDUSTRIAL SAFETY & HEALTH SECTION

INDUSTRIAL SAFETY & HEALTH SECTION

Boiler Safety Unit

INDUSTRIAL SAFETY & HEALTH SECTION

Industrial Safety Unit

INDUSTRIAL SAFETY & HEALTH SECTION

Industrial Hygiene Unit

INDUSTRIAL SAFETY & HEALTH SECTION

Federal/State Data Operations Unit

Occupational Injuries and Illnesses in Kansas

No Time Lost Illnesses Time Lost Injuries &

Occupational Injuries and Illnesses by County

Source of Occupational Injury and Illness

Cause of Occupational Injury and Illness

Nature of Occupational Injury and Illness

Body Member Associated with Occupational Injury and Illness